Seattle weather: Drier Friday and Saturday

Lowland rain, intense mountain snow

Grab your rain jacket and umbrella! Scattered showers are forecast on Wednesday with pockets of heavier showers and more snow in the Cascades.

SEATTLE - Showers will taper off Thursday night for most of the Puget Sound area, leading to a stretch of drier weather to end the week.

Showers will end for most areas of the central and south Puget Sound area on Thursday night with a few lingering showers in the north sound and Cascades through Friday morning.

Big picture view:

As high pressure builds Friday into Saturday, drier weather will return to Western Washington with high temperatures rising close to 50 degrees.

The next round of rain will hit on Sunday, with the heaviest rain over the Olympic Peninsula. Showers will continue through Monday.

Isolated showers on Thursday in Seattle will give way to drier weather on Friday. (FOX 13 Seattle)

By the numbers:

Temperatures in the lowlands will rise to the mid 50s on Monday and Tuesday. Snow levels will rise to 7,000 feet on Monday. While river flooding isn't forecast this week right now, we'll have to monitor how melting snow next week could lead to rising rivers.

Highs in the 50s and sunnier weather appear in the seven day forecast in Seattle. (FOX 13 Seattle)

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