Active fall weather is about to hit Western Washington. A strong Pacific weather system is tracking toward the region, which will bring a healthy amount of rain, blustery winds at times, and by late in the weekend, the first good dose of snow in the mountains.

Impressive Looking Atmospheric River

The incoming weather system has sub-tropical moisture embedded in it, which tracks all the way across the Pacific to near Taiwan.

NOAA weather satellite image across the north Pacific that highlights the long stream of sub-tropical moisture extending well into the western Pacific that will accompany the wet and windy storm late Thursday into Friday. (Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

In addition, this system is being driven by the season’s strongest jet str

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