00:00This week is a very fall-like week in the Northwest, so we're starting to tick up the
00:05rainfall totals in Seattle. A couple hundredths of an inch, got to start somewhere. A little over
00:10a tenth of an inch in Portland and Medford. That was from a little bit earlier on. As we take
00:14a
00:14look at radar, you can see that the rain has really moved inland in Northern California. I mean,
00:19it's really breaking up there. Inland in Oregon, starting to move inland in Washington, but more
00:25coming off of the coast there, hitting places like Seattle. Footprint through tonight, that's
00:31where we have the steadiest rain. Not going to completely rule out just a little bit of flash
00:35flooding, very localized, but the bigger concern is going to be later in the week for that. Instead,
00:40it's the wind that probably will cause the most problems tonight. Don't be surprised if we see
00:44power outage or two or a little bit of damage, and then, of course, that hazardous surf there,
00:49if you do have to be out on the water or by the water. It's more showers further inland, but
00:55the trend of things shifting north into Canada, that gets even more pronounced as we head into
01:01tomorrow and through midweek. I really want to go ahead and show you future radar. Here's the
01:06snapshot, but I want to really show you what's going on here because I think you'll understand
01:11it a lot better than you will just from that snapshot. First, the short-term rain. Overnight,
01:16our next round starts to move in by tomorrow morning. Think morning commute time. Not the best
01:21in Seattle or Portland. We're talking downpours, and then things spread inland by late morning,
01:27early afternoon, so most of the state of Washington is dealing with some level of rain,
01:31if not some downpours. I think how widespread the downpours are might be a little overdone
01:35in this particular model, but gives you a good idea of the timing and especially
01:39the ridge of high pressure. This is what I'm talking about. We get a break Wednesday and even
01:44continuing into Thursday, but starting to see less of that influence by the time we get to
01:49Thursday afternoon here. Really, British Columbia gets the worst of this, the mountain snow there
01:54especially, but we get a little break. Then I know the skiers and snowboarders might be thinking,
02:00okay, where's our mountain snow? It's coming. It's coming. You just have to be a little bit
02:04patient here. First, get outside, enjoy the t-shirt weather while you can because take a look. San
02:11Francisco, the only one on the list not breaking a previous record. You're two degrees shy,
02:14but hey, 72 in heading towards mid-November. I'll take it. I don't know about the rest of you. I'll
02:20take it. 68 in Seattle. We're in the mid to upper 60s. Everybody else on the list, which yeah, is
02:26enough to break a record this time of year. We do have rain Friday, but I want to skip ahead
02:31to
02:31Saturday because this is the more intense storm that we're concerned about. More of a flash flood risk.
02:36We start to see things get colder and get some mountain snow down into the U.S., not just in
02:43the
02:44British Columbia coastal mountains, but later in the weekend is what we're really eyeing,
02:48and especially as we head into next week. We'll keep you updated on that because I know the skiers
02:52and snowboarders, you'll want to know all about the snow, but for now, the wind, the coastal flooding,
02:57or not even really coastal flooding, but flash flooding in the Pacific Northwest,
03:01that's going to be the bigger headline.
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