This weekend will be a stormy one and an event to be prepared for.
On Friday morning, a strengthening Pacific weather system was gearing up hundreds of miles off the coast and is expected to sweep onshore Saturday night. The storm may be the wettest of the fall season thus far and will offer strong blustery winds and rough seas, primarily along the outer coast and from about Everett northward.
What makes this Pacific weather system stronger, wetter, and more unique is that it has characteristics of an atmospheric river. The primary source of its moisture is coming from former typhoon Cempaka that recently moved northeast into the North Pacific and has become embedded in this evolving weather system.
Weekend weather
The rain with this weather system is expected to reach the coast Saturday afternoon and spread inland across western Washington by Saturday evening. Come Sunday morning, the system will have moved across the Cascades and into eastern Washington…