A  Wind Advisory is in effect through tonight for all of the Puget Sound region.  Southerly winds will accelerate rapidly this afternoon to 20-35mph with isolated gusts to 50mph possible, especially after nightfall.  Normally wind-prone areas like near Bellingham and southern Whidbey/Camano and the like will be most affected.  These winds will be near the strength of Friday's gales.  

A Winter Weather Advisory will go into effect for our Cascades from 4 p.m. today to 4 p.m. Monday.  Areas like Mt. Baker and Paradise could get 8-14 inches of snow, mainly tonight and early Monday morning, with 5-10 inches possible for the passes.

Showers will become more numerous nearer the coast through the afternoon while through the Sound, southerly winds accelerate, especially after 2 p.m. 

Near water, especially north of Everett through the islands and interior north, we’ll have afternoon winds increasing to between 15-25mph with gusts over 40.  A gust to 50mph is possible from near dark through the evening.  

The remainder of the area will get breezy with gusts to 25 or 30 late this afternoon and this evening.  These winds will be near, or slightly weaker, than what was experienced Friday.  

As far as rain goes, for much of the afternoon, the main urban corridor will still see just a few light spotty showers. 

That all changes near and after dark as rain becomes more widespread with gusty winds across the coast and north continuing.   Mountain snow picks up starting late this evening, and continues well into Monday.

While it will be blustery and rainy for Sunday night and Monday, conditions (except for the mountains will snow will continue all day Monday) will improve during Monday afternoon in the wake of the front.   

Rainfall totals from Sunday evening through Monday will range from about a tenth or less around Hood Canal and some parts of the central Sound to 0.25-0.50” elsewhere.  Heavier rain will fall in upslope locations below 2,500 feet.

Snow levels will rise to near 3,500 feet in the Cascades tonight before falling rapidly to 1,500 feet by later in the day.  Snowfall amounts of 5-10 inches at the passes and more than a foot at higher elevations look likely Sunday evening through Monday with the heaviest amounts falling from about 4 a.m. through 11 a.m.

Most of Tuesday will be rain-free with a few isolated sunbreaks before a few more showers on Wednesday and on Thursday.