The Puget Sound area is gearing up for yet another storm…
this one may be the worst yet.

Sometimes those high winds will blow right down on us…and sometimes we are lucky and they stay in the foothills.

Keep your fingers crossed we don’t get the 60 mph gusts that will bring down trees and branches resulting in power outages!

Had Enough Rain?
by JIM FORMAN / KING 5 News and Associated Press

SEATTLE – Forecasters are tracking a third potent storm churning off the coast poised to slam into Western Washington Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.

National Weather Service forecasters issued a high wind warning for the coast and northwest interior Wednesday afternoon for 25 mph to 40 mph winds with gusts to 60. They issued a wind advisory for central Puget Sound and the lower Chehalis Valley for 20 mph to 30 mph winds with gusts to 50 mph.

Forecasters issued a winter storm warning for the Olympics and Cascades with a winter storm watch for the east slopes, including the Wenatchee area. One to two feet of new snow may fall on the central Cascades.

Expecting heavy rain, forecasters issued flood watches for Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston, Clallam and Jefferson counties.

Meanwhile, another round of heavy rain pelted an already saturated Western Washington Tuesday night. The sudden downpours caught some off-guard.

“It was horrible,” said one coffee shop barista.

Some are wondering: How long can this all last?

“I think it is going to be like a bad winter,” said another woman dodging raindrops. “I hope not. I am not ready for it at all.”

Despite the new rain by mid-evening Tuesday, most rivers in Western Washington were back inside their banks. The lone exception: the Skokomish River in Mason County.

National Weather Service hydrologists caution, the next storm could bring the heaviest rain to some of the areas hit hard by the last one.

KING 5 Meteorologist Jeff Renner said rain up to 3 inches could fall on the Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday, and up to 10 inches on Thursday.

Increasing winds Wednesday afternoon and evening are expected to reach up to 30 mph over the Sound, but up to 45 mph is possible from Everett northward, with higher gusts. Those winds speeds could further increase Wednesday evening, reaching up to 40 mph south of Everett and up to 50 mph from north of Everett north, with higher gusts.

The coast could see winds of up to 55 mph with gusts to 70 mph.

Mountains could see up to 3 feet of new snow.

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