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A chilly and frosty start again in the 20s and 30s, but we recover nicely yet again with highs in the 50-55 range around Puget Sound. 53 is normal for this part of late winter. ....
Weather Alert Day Thursday due to gusty winds and heavy mountain snow SEATTLE - The next system is on the way now and this weather maker will deliver rain, gusty winds, and heavy mountain snow. The Q13 News Weather Team is issuing a Weather Alert Day due to the incoming conditions. Expect heavy rain to start along the coast overnight and push inland through the early morning hours of Thursday. The bulk of the rain will wrap up for the metro area during the morning commute. Winds will start to pick up as well. As the system travels into the Cascades heavy snow will begin to fall right away. We re not just talking 6-12 , but instead possibly 1-3 feet between Thursday and Friday. As you can imagine WSDot crews will have their work cut out for them trying to keep the passes safe to drive over. Expect difficult travel at times with potential closures for clearing and avalanche control work. ....
Washington windstorm knocks out power to hundreds of thousands overnight By Q13 News Staff Q13 Forecaster Erin Mayovsky has your forecast. SEATTLE - A powerful windstorm knocked out electricity to hundreds of thousands of people early Wednesday morning in Western Washington. As a result, several schools have announced that they will be closed on Wednesday. The windstorm also caused damage in Oregon and Eastern Washington, where one woman was killed in Spokane after a tree fell on her car. As of noon Wednesday, Puget Sound Energy says there are approximately 210,000 customers without power. Seattle City Light had 74,000 customers without power. As of 9:30 p.m., 4,600 customers remain without power Wednesday night. Seattle City Light says the majority of remaining outages are smaller outages and fully-equipped crews continue to restore outages. ....