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A sunny and warmer St. Patrick's Day

Friday and Saturday will likely be the warmest days of the year so far with high temperatures soaring into the 60s for the first time since October.

Temps to touch low 60s Friday, Saturday
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There will be plenty of midday sunshine and temperatures in the low 60s for Friday and Saturday.

Seattle weather: Sunshine and warming temps through Saturday

It's been a long wait, but a ridge of high pressure building over the Northwest will finally push Western Washington into the 60s late this week with lots of sunshine.

Clear skies with temps in the 50s for Thursday
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We're forecasting plenty of blue skies along with highs Thursday in the low to mid 50s. In fact, we're going with 55 tomorrow for Seattle.

Dry St. Paddy's Day, then a wet start to spring
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FOX 13 Forecaster Erin Mayovsky has your St. Patrick's Day forecast, plus a rainy, cloudy start to spring next week.

Seattle weather: More sunshine and warmer temps ahead

A ridge of high pressure will bring warmer temperatures and more sunshine the rest of the week.

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Another round of sunshine with highs near 50
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Showers are short-lived as we clear out pretty quickly. By 8am most of us are dry except over the mountains where snow levels sit near 1,500'.

Temps near 60 this week

For those hoping for spring-like weather, you'll enjoy our forecast this week :) By Friday (Saint Patrick's Day), highs will flirt with the 60 degree mark.

More dry than wet conditions with some sunshine in the mix
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Next few days will be more dry than wet with lots of sunshine in the mix. Temps will warm close to 60 degrees on St. Patrick's Day. Next weekend looks mostly cloudy with a chance for showers on Sunday.