More Wet Weather Coming for Northwest

By Courtney Spamer, Meteorologist

October 20,2012; 10:42AM,EDT

A storm system is moving away from the Pacific Northwest today, bringing about the false hope that there might be a break in the showers coming.
Off the Pacific coast of British Columbia sits another storm system that will bring yet another round of rainy weather to the region.
After additional rain and mountain snow showers stream into the Pacific Northwest today, showers are expected to lighten up inland on Sunday as cooler weather settles in.
But by the start of the workweek, the storm system will move closer to the Oregon coast.
As cold air wraps around the low pressure, temperatures from Seattle to Sacramento will drop up to 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. While northern California will stay on the warmer side until Monday, Seattle temperatures will struggle to make it out of the 50s on Sunday.

As the unsettled weather continues, snow showers are likely in the higher elevations of the Cascade Mountains.
Rain and snow showers will spread farther inland on Tuesday, finally pushing into the northern Plains by midweek.
It's true that the Pacific Northwest has picked up some significant rainfall for the middle of October, but with such a dry start to the month, cities like Portland, Ore., and Seattle are still drier than the average for October.
As of the end of the day on Oct. 19th, below are some accumulated rainfall totals of October:
-Seattle, Wash.: 2.24" (normally at 3.48")
-Everett, Wash.: 2.48" (normally at 3.27")
-Olympia, Wash.: 2.31" (normally at 4.60")
-Spokane, Wash.: 0.44" (normally at 1.18")
-Portland, Ore.: 2.49" (normally at 3.00")
-Eugene, Ore.: 2.67" (normally at 3.25")
-North Bend, Ore.: 1.87" (normally at 4.73")
-Redding, Calif.: 0.00" (normally at 2.10")