Seattle weather: Few early showers, drier afternoon Tuesday

Seattle weather: rain returns through Tuesday morning

FOX 13 meteorologist Claire Anderson has the latest forecast.

SEATTLE - A frontal system swept through western Washington Monday evening, bringing showers and mountain snow to the high passes. 

A frontal system swept through Western Washington this evening, bringing showers and mountain snow to the high passes. 

A few showers will linger overnight into Tuesday morning with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. A few inches of snow are possible in the higher mountain passes like Stevens Pass through early Tuesday. 

A few showers will linger overnight into Tuesday morning with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.

A few showers to start Tuesday, but rain will remain light in nature. Skies will dry out by midday with mostly cloudy skies into the afternoon.

A few showers to start Tuesday, but rain will remain light in nature.  (FOX 13 Seattle)

Highs will be in the mid to upper 40s with mostly cloudy skies into the afternoon. Highs will be a few degrees below seasonal average. 

Highs will be in the mid to upper 40s with mostly cloudy skies into the afternoon. 

A plume of subtropical moisture will move in Friday through the weekend, bringing plenty of rainfall and higher snow levels. 

A plume of subtropical moisture will move in Friday through the weekend, bringing plenty of rainfall and higher snow levels. 

After Tuesday's early showers, we do get dry time through Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will be cooler through Thursday, but then we start to see milder temperatures return with the rain. 

After Tuesday's early showers, we do get dry time from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon before rain returns. 

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