09/16/2025
Speaking of “last gasps of summer” - Tuesday (tomorrow) will be quite warm (borderline hot, as high as upper-80s), and there’s an increased risk of fire danger across the entire region as well. But this is a one-day event - all’s back to normal Wednesday!
The National Weather Service has two advisories in effect for the day Tuesday: a Red Flag Warning, and a Wind Advisory.
The Red Flag Warning highlights the increased fire danger due to gusty winds and very low relative humidity. The majority of the Puget Sound region (basically I-5 to the crest of the Cascades, from the Canadian border to the Lewis/Cowlitz County border) is under the Red Flag Warning. *Any* fire start - cigarette butts, sparks, hot metal - could quickly ignite a fast-moving fire.
A small subset of that area - basically the foothills of Snohomish, King, and Pierce counties - are under the Wind Advisory…and the Plateau is on the western edge of it. They’re calling for winds from the east of 10-20 mph, with gusts up to 35-45 mph. This wouldn’t be much of a story later in the fall - but it could be more impactful now, since trees still have most of their leaves. While it’ll be breezy and gusty around here, I’m not expecting gusts to be that high…they’re more likely in places like North Bend or Enumclaw.
By Wednesday, it all gets swept out of the area, and we’re back to mid-70s for a few days! Gotta love the “weather whiplash” this time of year!
