Seattle weather: Cooler with more clouds Wednesday

Seattle weather: Cooler, rain showers in the forecast

FOX 13 Seattle Meteorologist Claire Anderson has your latest western Washington weather forecast.

SEATTLE - Skies were nice and sunny Tuesday with a little bit of haze in the air. It was a warm afternoon with highs in the 70s for some locations. 

Skies were nice and sunny today with a little bit of haze in the air. 

Highs today reached the mid to upper 70s, which was over 10 degrees above the seasonal average. This could be our last 70 degree day in Seattle, as the likelihood rapidly goes down after the first 10 days of October. 

Highs today reached the mid to upper 70s this afternoon, over 10 degrees above seasonal average. 

Wednesday will be much cooler with a few more clouds as we return to more fall-like conditions. A slight chance of a sprinkle, but mostly staying north of us. 

Wednesday will be much cooler with a few more clouds as we return to more fall-like conditions. 

We will see more clouds throughout the day Wednesday with a few sprinkles possible along the northern border. We will also see sunbreaks throughout the day. 

Into the weekend, we will start to see much cooler air, which will drop the snow levels to around 4000'. We could several inches of snow in the higher mountain peaks, even some snow at Stevens Pass. 

Into the weekend we will start to see much cooler which will in turn drop the snow levels to around 4000'. 

Showers return Thursday into the weekend, and temperatures will start to cool as well. Showers are likely into early next week with highs several degrees below seasonal average. 

Showers return Thursday into the weekend, and temperatures will start to cool as well. 

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