first day back

Another morning at the bus stop with umbrellas in hand, fighting blowing rain. Funny how lots of kids were missing. Guess they had a hard time getting up this morning!

The wind was blowing pretty strong this afternoon. Jacob's umbrella flipped inside out once and then another time a gust blew it out of his hands into the street. There's a wind advisory in effect for us. DUH! Plus this...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GRAYS HARBOR... CLALLAM... JEFFERSON... SKAGIT... WHATCOM... KING... KITSAP... LEWIS... MASON... PIERCE... SNOHOMISH... THURSTON.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* A WARM AND VERY WET STREAM OF MOISTURE WILL BE AIMED AT WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS WELL AS RISING SNOW LEVELS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE ORDER OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ON THE COAST AND IN THE CASCADES... WITH UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS.

* THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD DRIVE MANY AREA RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE... WITH SOME RIVERS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.