The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement regarding heavy rains and wind expected across the greater Seattle area throughout the next few days.

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
329 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2011

...ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK...

A SERIES OF VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT...BRINGING WIND WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

A SECOND SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE RAIN TO THE AREA LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

A THIRD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. FORECAST MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH THE DETAILS BUT THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE STRONGEST OF THE WEEK.
ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION...THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW DURING THIS TIME.

WHILE NO PARTICULAR SYSTEM APPEARS THAT IT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING...RIVERS WILL RISE THROUGH THE WEEK. SOME OF THE MORE FLOOD PRONE RIVERS...LIKE THE SKOKOMISH...MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

RESIDENTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR
WEATHER FORECASTS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.