3 atmospheric rivers are on the way to Western Washington. Here’s how much rain is expected – By Callie Craighead (SeattlePI) / Nov 24 2021
Enjoy the dry break Wednesday, because another atmospheric river is set to dump several inches of rain on Western Washington even as some parts of the state are still recovering from last week’s major flood event.
The weather equivalent of a fire hose, an atmospheric river is a concentrated corridor of moisture that shoots wetness into an area for an extended period of time. The first round of rain is set to arrive on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle, making for a wet Thanksgiving.
Seattle is currently poised to receive up to an inch of rain through Friday morning while areas farther south like Tacoma and Olympia could see 1.5 inches of rain over the same period. And luckily for drivers heading over the mountain passes, snow levels are expected to rise to 6,000 to 8,000 feet.
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