Patchy showers brushed across Western Washington on Tuesday, allowing the sun to peek through gaps in the clouds for the last time in the near future.
Low pressure moving toward Vancouver Island will drag the next storm system across Western Washington on Wednesday, making for a soggy and sluggish day.
Rain will fall steadily in the lowlands, accompanied by windy conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
Snow elevations will briefly rise to 4,500 feet Wednesday from 3,500 feet Tuesday, where they provided a light dusting in the mountain passes. Any precipitation on Wednesday in the lower elevations of the passes will likely be in the form of rain, the weather service said.
As such, snowfall accumulations in the mountains this week “don’t look particularly impressive,” the weather service said, though up to 8 inches could fall by Thursday, especially in areas above 4,000 feet.
Through Thursday, drippy clouds will deliver half an inch of rainfall across the interior. The coast and the Olympic Peninsula will receive a heavier soaking, with up to 1.5 inches and 2 inches of rainfall, respectively.
Even with more rainfall on the horizon, with 1.57 inches as of Saturday, this March in Seattle may end up with below-normal precipitation totals for the seventh year in a row, the weather service said.
Highs will bounce around the upper 40s to low 50s Wednesday and Thursday.
Temperatures will hug the low side of seasonal averages for late March, in the upper 40s to low 50s, Wednesday and Thursday.
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