Happy Monday team! Lotta stuff going in the weather world, none more so important, than the abundant moisture being advertised by the models over the Great Plains (where the farmers need it most). @Bryan1117you got the magnet and the hot hand of late my friend! It looks like the patter will keep on, comin' on! I'm going to drop a post in the Niño thread for what is looking like congruent agreement amongst the global models for a wild and active start to the new LRC.

Sun angle is more than 10 degrees lower now than it was on the Summer Solstice.

A general 1" to 3" of rain fell across the area yesterday and overnight with 3.18" recorded at the Warwick DEOS. We could see some sun retrun this afternoon with a slight chance of a shower toward evening before we clear out and see a couple great weather days both tomorrow and Wednesday. Humidity should also be less through mid-week. Shower chances return later Thursday afternoon and through the start of the weekend.

There will be some thunderstorms in the area tomorrow night with lots of uncertainty as to where they will be. Today is going to be wonderful with highs in the low to mid 80s. Its currently 70 and it feels great after the last few weeks From EAX Severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon into the overnight hours. This is a fairly large time frame for this potential, but there is considerable uncertainty in how this severe storm potential will unfold. Storms are likely northwest of the area Monday night – Tuesday morning. There are a couple of scenarios on how this system affects our storm potential. 1) The upstream cluster of storms maintains itself and moves into NW MO/NE KS early in the afternoon. 2) The upstream system weakens as it moves into NW MO/ NE KS and lays out an outflow boundary that provides a focus for storm development in the area later in the afternoon and into the evening. These details likely won’t be resolved until early Tuesday, so be sure to check for updates regarding the storm potential.

Sounds like it would work for you. I’ve been having to go to Redmond once a week for the past couple of months. It’s about an hour there and 90 minutes to two hours home depending on time of day. We looked seriously at Gig Harbor before we bought in Tacoma and I have been glad we chose Tacoma on those long slow commutes home.