Wednesday morning, 3:00 AM

.SHORT TERM...A WARM FRONT IS SPREADING PRECIPITATION INTO WESTERN
WASHINGTON FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVIER RAIN
STARTED FALLING ALONG THE COAST AND THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH UP TO 1.25 INCHES THERE IN THE PAST 6
HOURS...AND REACHED THE PUGET SOUND REGION AROUND 2 AM. THE SNOW
LEVEL HAS RISEN TO AROUND 5500 TO 6500 FT. TEMPERATURES AT 2 AM
RANGED FROM THE UPPER 30S IN THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON TO THE LOWER 50S ALONG THE COAST.

THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE THIS
MORNING...ANOTHER STRONGER WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT...AND A COLD FRONT WILL SWING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE
WEST ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME SHOWERY AND BEGIN TO
DECREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT.





Thursday morning, 5:30 AM:
.SHORT TERM...ANOTHER WARM FRONT MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN
WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN THE WARM SECTOR WITH
EMBEDDED CONVECTION HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. THE
STRONGEST OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA AT 2 AM...BUT SHOWERS REMAINED FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. THE
STRONGEST WINDS HAVE BEEN ALONG THE COAST...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS
WERE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. TEMPERATURES AT
2 AM WERE IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.

AN OCCLUDED FRONT AND ITS UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH
WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM THE WEST TODAY. A 987 MB SURFACE LOW OVER
THE NORTH WASHINGTON OFFSHORE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN
AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS VANCOUVER ISLAND AND INTO SOUTHWEST
MAINLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA. AN OFFSHORE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD TOWARD
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT...AND THE AIR MASS WILL DRY AND
STABILIZE AS ONSHORE FLOW WEAKENS.