Well, if you were going to go hiking today...forget it (see the picture). It will be raining most of the day in the mountains. A weather disturbance is just moving through (see the radar picture) and precipitation has lessened over central Puget Sound). But a look at the high resolution satellite picture show shows showers ready to rotate into Puget Sound. There should be some rainshadowing north of Seattle...and everywhere will see some breaks. This is the traditional postfrontal on and off showers we love so much. You can protect yourself for a while by looking at the radar imagery available at the UW atmos web site, the NWS web site, or many local tv stations.
Another disturbance comes in Monday. Right now things don't look bad for Tuesday...generally dry during the day in the lowlands.

Weekend Weather

This is going to be a typical early November weekend...clouds and showers...but nothing serious over western Washington...however, something VERY serious is occurring offshore. Take a look at the satellite image. The swirl offshore is a fairly intense low pressure center that will be moving northward offshore..strong winds and large waves will be associated with it...but it is too far away to greatly influence our weather. Take a look at the computer forecast for 11 PM tonight...the lines are isobars, lines of constant pressure. Intense low center with large changes in pressure...which produce strong winds. The only strong winds around here will be the southeasterlies stretching from Whidbey Is to the San Juans (see forecast of wind speeds for tomorrow morning attached). And along the coast. The red and blues are the really strong stuff.
It is relatively dry right now in Puget Sound, but that will change later this morning as the front rotates in...so expect showers later this morning and afternoon. Another disturbance rotates through tomorrow...so more showers and clouds. And it should be breezy tomorrow as the low moves north of us...so the leaves will be coming down.