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FXUS66 KSEW 310321  
AFDSEW  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
821 PM PDT SAT AUG 30 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP  
TEMPERATURES SEASONABLE THIS WEEKEND, WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR  
SHOWERS THROUGH SUNDAY AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTH  
CASCADES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING RETURNS MONDAY,  
BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH WELL ABOVE  
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BY MID-WEEK.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/  
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES  
MADE TO THE FORECAST THIS EVENING. THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION CAN BE  
FOUND BELOW ALONG WITH UPDATES TO THE AVIATION SECTION:  
 
WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN FOR SUNDAY, EXPECT A  
SIMILAR DAY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING  
AND EARLY AFTERNOON, WITH PERHAPS A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE  
MORNING. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 80, AND 60S AND 70S  
ALONG THE COAST. LOWS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 IN THE METRO.  
 
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW, WHILE NOT MOVING MUCH, WILL APPROACH JUST  
EAST ENOUGH BY SUNDAY, WHICH WILL PLACE A WEAK JET STREAK OVER  
THE AREA; THE LEFT-EXIT REGION BEING OVER THE NORTHERN CASCADES.  
ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT, BUT THE SURFACE WILL BE  
WELL-CAPPED. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH LIFT TO SEE A FEW ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS, THOUGH MOISTURE CONTENT IS LOW. CONFIDENCE IS ALSO  
FAIRLY LOW, BUT HAVE ADDED A 15% CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
ACROSS THE CASCADES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.  
 
GOING INTO NEXT WEEK, A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE  
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL PUSH THE UPPER LOW BACK TO THE  
WEST/NORTHWEST, SENDING IT UP INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. THIS WILL  
ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO START TO WARM UP THROUGH THE FIRST HALF  
OF THE WEEK. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE AROUND 80 THROUGH THE LOWLANDS  
WITH 70S ALONG THE COAST AS THE DAY STARTS CLOUDY THEN CLEARS FOR  
THE AFTERNOON. LESS CLOUDS TO START TUESDAY SHOULD ALLOW FOR HIGHS  
TO REACH INTO THE MID 80S, WITH 90S STARTING TO SHOW UP IN THE  
CASCADE VALLEYS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL START TO CLIMB, WITH LOWS  
AROUND 60 ACROSS THE METRO AND LOW TO MID 60S FOR SOME OF THE  
CASCADE VALLEYS. HERE IS WHEN WE WILL START TO SEE AREAS OF  
MODERATE (ORANGE) HEATRISK, WITH MAJOR (RED) HEATRISK FOR THE  
CASCADE VALLEYS.  
   
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/  
AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW  
RETROGRADES TO THE NORTHWEST, IT MAY BE ABLE TO PULL IN A WEAK  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH UP FORM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THIS  
PATTERN PROGRESSES. GOING INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IS WHEN WE  
START TO SEE THE RIDGE BREAK DOWN. CURRENTLY, WEDNESDAY AND  
THURSDAY LOOK TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS, WITH MORE UNCERTAINTY AS TO  
HOW FAST WE COOL OFF FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND BUT A RETURN TO MORE  
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED.  
 
HIGHS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOK TO BE IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S  
THROUGH MUCH OF THE INTERIOR, AND APPROACHING 100 IN THE CASCADE  
VALLEYS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S, WITH MID TO  
UPPER 60S POSSIBLE IN THE CASCADES AND VALLEYS AS THE FLOW LOOKS  
TO TURN LIGHT OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CORRESPOND TO  
WIDESPREAD MODERATE HEATRISK, INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS, WITH MAJOR  
HEATRISK IN THE VALLEYS THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
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AVIATION  
SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE INTO SUNDAY AS AN  
UPPER LOW OFFSHORE DRIFTS TOWARDS THE COAST. AREAS OF MVFR/IFR  
STRATUS WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. CEILINGS  
WILL THEN IMPROVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO VFR. A FEW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP  
SUNDAY OVER THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND INTERIOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF  
KPAE.  
 
KSEA...VFR CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT WITH MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AT  
TIMES. THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH OFFSHORE COMPLICATES THE  
FORECAST IN TERMS OF LOW CEILING DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY MORNING.  
CONFIDENCE IS CURRENTLY LOW IN ANY IFR CEILINGS AND MAY SCALE BACK  
CEILINGS TO A PERIOD OF MVFR SUNDAY MORNING IN THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE.  
SURFACE WINDS LIGHT NORTHERLY SHIFTING W/NW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 27  
 
 
   
MARINE  
AN ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK.  
ONSHORE FLOW WILL VARY IN INTENSITY, WITH WESTERLY PUSHES THROUGH  
THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA EACH EVENING. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A  
30% CHANCE OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WIND GUSTS IN THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA THIS EVENING, AND HAVE HELD OFF ON  
ANY SCA GIVEN THE LIMITED CONFIDENCE. HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN SCA WIND  
GUSTS SUNDAY EVENING, AND AS A RESULT HAVE ISSUED A SCA FOR THE  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA DURING THIS PERIOD.  
ONSHORE FLOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO MIDWEEK.  
 
ALTHOUGH PRIMARILY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED, THERE IS LESS THAN A  
10% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY AS WELL.  
 
SEAS OF 2 TO 4 FEET FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY WILL  
BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY MIDWEEK. JD  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR  
THE NORTH CASCADES TOMORROW EVENING, WITH AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF  
LINGERING INTO MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PARKED OFFSHORE WILL  
SEND A WEAK IMPULSE INTO THE AREA, STEEPENING THE LAPSE RATES AND  
OFFERING SOME ASCENT, ALTHOUGH WEAK. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT SOURCE  
OF MOISTURE, INCREASING CONCERN OVER DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ANY  
STORMS THAT HAPPEN TO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS AS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE STEEP LAPSE RATES AND DOWNDRAFT CAPE,  
AS WELL AS LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS. THE PROBABILITIES ARE CAPPED AT  
10-15%.  
 
LATER THIS WEEK, TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING AND HUMIDITY DROPPING  
OFF, WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL INTO  
THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S, WITH NEAR 100 DEGREES IN THE CASCADE  
VALLEYS AS PERIODS OF LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOP DURING THE DAY.  
ELEVATED CONCERNS FOR HOT, DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST  
THROUGH MUCH OF THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD.  
 
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SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
WA...NONE.  
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 2 AM PDT MONDAY FOR  
CENTRAL U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-EAST ENTRANCE  
U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA.  
 
 
 
 
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