Expires:200910180130;Remove:200910180130;999242 FPUS76 KSEW 172227 NOWSEW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 327 PM PDT SAT OCT 17 2009 PZZ131>135-WAZ001-503>519-180130- CENTRAL U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- EAST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTHERN INLAND WATERS INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS- ADMIRALTY INLET-PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-SAN JUAN COUNTY- WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA- TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 327 PM PDT SAT OCT 17 2009 .NOW... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON AS AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS MOVES OVER THE REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SHORT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. $$ CERNIGLIA