Western Washington braces for 40 mph winds, heavy rain and mountain snow before another atmospheric

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river event

Batten down the hatches and get ready for a wet, breezy day. A strong front is expected to move over Western Washington on Tuesday bringing wind gusts as high as 40 miles per hour to much of the region. And even more excessive rain is on the way later this week as the streak of active weather continues.

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle is currently expecting that southerly winds will pick up in the early morning Tuesday and conditions will remain breezy through the afternoon and evening as a cold front moves in. Widespread rain showers are also expected Tuesday with most areas poised to see 0.25 to 0.50 inches of rain.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible, and minor coastal flooding is likely for areas of Puget Sound, and a coastal flood advisory is already in place for areas of San Juan, Island, Whatcom, Skagit, and NE Jefferson counties due to tidal overflow and high winds.

"Expect gusts up to 55 mph through this afternoon. Areas along the Sound and Cascade foothills will also experience impactful winds at Advisory level," wrote NWS in their Tuesday forecast discussion. "Once the cold front moves through the area later this afternoon winds will ease but will remain elevated. Calmer conditions are expected by Wednesday morning."

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Another atmospheric river taking aim at Northwest

This fall has featured frequent episodes of stormy weather along the West Coast, especially across the Pacific Northwest. In fact, it's been so stormy that the latest stats from the U.S. Drought Monitor show that drought conditions have been erased across western Washington.

The city of Seattle has now had two consecutive months of above-average rainfall, racking up 8.78 inches of rain, or roughly 159% of what is typically observed during that time. Through Nov. 7, the Emerald City has observed 2.42 inches of rainfall or about 178% of average through the first week of the month.

Farther south in Portland, Oregon, the same streak of above-average rainfall has been observed over the past few months as well.

While both of these cities will deal with unsettled conditions into midweek as a storm slams into the California coast, the atmosphere will quickly recharge and send a river of moisture into the Pacific Northwest later this week.

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