Drier skies, afternoon highs nearing 60

Showers clear out the rest of the week

FOX 13 Meteorologist Ilona McCauley has your 7-day forecast.

SEATTLE - After a breezy and wet afternoon on Tuesday, skies will dry out as the disturbance, and its associated cold front, exit western Washington during the day on Wednesday. By Wednesday night, skies will clear, allowing fog to form by Thursday morning.

Drier skies forecast for Wednesday around our region.

Decreasing clouds and showers are forecast beginning tonight. (FOX13 Seattle)

The Sounders are set to kickoff against Cruz Azul at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. You'll definitely want your scarves so you can get your Scarves Up," but you'll luckily be able to leave the rain gear home. Temperatures will be in the 40's for much of the match.

A mainly dry night forecast for Wednesday's match.

Chances of showers will decrease throughout the day on Wednesday and fans will enjoy a mainly dry match.

After morning fog burns off Thursday and Friday, skies are forecast to be partly to mostly sunny through the end of the week before some showers return by the weekend. Don't forget the time change on Sunday morning. We spring forward and hour. It's also a great time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

The extended forecast for the Seattle area.

Drier times the next few days with more rain and cooler days next week.

Looking out a little further, early indications point to a cooler and wetter 2-week period between March 11-17. Lowland rain will fall, along with some much-needed mountain snow.