WeatherTuesday, November 10
Tacoma gets heavier rain Tuesday, a warm Wednesday, then another atmospheric river Friday night
The Daily Tacoma team
If you're heading out Tuesday, pack the rain jacket. After a weekend storm knocked out power for thousands, heavier showers return Tuesday morning between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and last through the day. Tacoma could see close to three-quarters of an inch, according to National Weather Service forecasts.
Rain eases Wednesday, then returns Friday night
- Nov. 10Heavier showers return between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and last through the day.
- Nov. 11Temperatures in the lower to mid 60s could tie the region's record high.
- Nov. 13Another atmospheric river settles over the region Friday night, into Saturday morning.
Source: Kitsap Sun
- Tuesday rain: half an inch to an inch from Tacoma to Bellingham
- Wind gusts: close to 30 mph across the region
- Most rain: up to 4 inches in the Cascades, Olympics and coast
Conditions should dry out in the second half of the week. The News Tribune says a record El Niño is adding extra moisture to the storms that do form.
The weekend storm knocked out power across the region
- 46,000
- Seattle City Light customers lost power
- 10,000+
- Kitsap County residents lost power
- 69 mph
- Hoquiam's peak wind on Nov. 7
Source: Kitsap Sun
Sources: Kitsap Sun, Tacoma News Tribune