Kent, Virginia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS66 KSEW 261544
AFDSEW

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Seattle WA
844 AM PDT Thu Mar 26 2026

.SYNOPSIS...
Zonal flow aloft with a weak warm front moving by to the north
today. Weak upper level ridge building tonight and remaining
over the area into Saturday. Upper level trough approaching
Western Washington Sunday moving through Sunday night into
Monday. Next system trying to reach the area Wednesday.

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.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Mostly clear skies this morning across Western Washington this
morning with temperatures in the 30s. Otherwise, no major
updates to the forecast this morning. The previous forecast
discussion follows below:

Weak warm front moving by to the north this afternoon will
bring some cloud cover to the northern portion of the area with
a chance of showers. For the remainder of Western Washington
mostly sunny skies. Even with the sunshine temperatures will be
on the cool side with highs in the lower to mid 50s.

Weak upper level ridge building over Western Washington tonight.
The ridge will remain over the area into Saturday giving the
area a short dry spell. Flow aloft turns southwesterly later
Friday pushing some high clouds over the region Friday night
into Saturday. It`s too early to issue a freeze warning ( they
start in April ). Lows over the Southwest Interior and Southern
Hood Canal Friday morning will be in the 20s. Lows in the lower
to mid 30s for the remainder of Western Washington. None of
these readings are near records. Seattle has set only two record
lows in March since 1990. The record low for Friday is 26
degrees set in 1975. Highs Friday warming a little, in the mid
50s. The increasing high clouds Friday night into Saturday will
keep morning lows in the 30s and knock a couple degrees off the
highs Saturday, in the lower 50s. Felton

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.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Upper level ridge shifting east Saturday night with an upper
level trough approaching from the northwest. Trough moving
through Sunday night into Monday morning with shower chances
increasing during the day Sunday ahead of the trough. Snow
levels below the passes with some minor snow accumulations in
the mountains Sunday night into Monday. Northwesterly flow aloft
behind the trough Tuesday. Next system moving down out of the
northwest approaching Wednesday. Models at this point indicating
a possibility of this system splitting as it moves inland later
Wednesday with the jet aimed at Southern Oregon. Because of the
possible split and slower eastward movement with the jet
digging south pops only in the chance category Wednesday.
Operational models solutions indicating measurable precipitation
even with the split. Pops might be a little low for day 7.

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.AVIATION...
Westerly flow aloft is expected across Western Washington today
as a weak system clips the northwest corner of the state late today.
A few pockets of MVFR ceilings in and around lingering showers and a
decaying convergence zone will dissipate this morning with
widespread VFR conditions expected for the remainder of the day.
Couple south interior locations are also seeing brief thin fog this
morning that will thin out later this morning. Most areas are seeing
south winds at around 5 kt, but will see more terminals transition
to north/northeast winds at or under 5 kt this afternoon/evening
into Friday. Probabilities remain low for fog/low clouds in the
morning (except for the south interior with a 25-30% chance of
IFR/LIFR visibilities in the morning).

KSEA...VFR with few or scattered mid to high level clouds at times
through the day today. Low chance of any development of lower
ceilings/visibilities Friday morning. Surface winds southerly 7
knots or less will veer light north to northeasterly after 00Z and
drop to 5 kt or less.

27/HPR

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.MARINE...
A surface ridge will shift onshore then strengthen today. The ridge
will move east of the Cascades on Friday for light northerly or
offshore flow. Another ridge will build in the coastal waters on
Saturday then weaken late in the weekend as a frontal system
approaches the area. A weak front will move onshore on Monday with a
weakening ridge sliding eastward across the waters on Tuesday. Seas
6-8 ft today will diminish to 4-6 ft this weekend, increasing back
to 7-9 ft midweek next week.is expected for the rest of the day.

27/HPR

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.HYDROLOGY...
No river flooding expected in the next 7 days.

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.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...None.
PZ...None.

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