Seattle typically hits 70 degrees by now. We've been stuck in a cool showery weather rut. The average high temperature since February is 49.7 degrees, the 3rd coldest in the last 45 years, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle. But not all is bad because of this cool spring. The perpetual jacket weather has meant an
extended ski season. Crystal Mountain, for example, will have weekend lifts running through May 21st!
And Crystal Summit picks up a few inches of late-season snow through Wednesday as a cold puddle of air sits over the Pacific Northwest. Lowland sunbreaks will be interrupted by passing showers. Daytime temperatures hold in the 40s through midweek, cold enough for showers to contain small hail, sleet, and snow pellets. A rogue bolt of lightning and a burst of wet snow is also possible within the stronger showers.
The atmosphere settles on Thursday, with a break in the wet weather for much of the day. Light showers resume by nightfall, with mostly cloudy conditions into Friday as a rare warm front makes an appearance offshore. Saturday will feel warmer in the wake of the warm front as a mild southerly flow brings temperatures temporarily to the seasonal norm of the upper 50s.
The cooling influence of the Pacific eventually wins out with the trailing cold front on Sunday. While cool showers linger into early next week, there is a hint of warmer weather (highs near 70 degrees?) for the final days of April.
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