After a quiet Saturday, a storm is expected to hit the North Olympic Peninsula today and a snow watch has been instituted for the Olympic Mountains.
The storm, expected to carry with it 20 mph to 30 mph winds, should last through Monday, said Dennis D’Amico, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle.
Some rain will likely accompany the wind, he said, but he didn’t expect heavy rain.
And winds are not expected to be unusually high.
“Not anything record breaking,” he said.
Today’s cold front is expected to lash the Oregon and southwest Washington coasts.
Overall, it is expected to hit Jefferson County harder than Clallam County, D’Amico said.
“Looks like (Clallam County) will escape the worst of it,” D’Amico said.
The snow watch for the Olympics applies to areas above 3,500 to 3,000 feet and is not a warning.
“It’s basically a heads-up,” D’Amico.
Power outages were reported in Jefferson County on Friday, with more than 200 Puget Sound Energy customers going without power for a couple hours, said Dorothy Bracken, a Puget Sound Energy spokeswoman.
Clallam County had scattered power outages Friday and Saturday, but nothing widespread, said Quimby Moon, duty dispatcher for Clallam County Public Utility District No. 1.
A potentially stronger storm is expected to hit in mid-week, said D’Amico, but he added that a lot can happen in half a week.
He said many factors could divert the storm, weaken it or intensify it by mid-week.
But one thing he does count on.
“It’s looking to be a wet week,” said D’Amico.