Spanaway, WA Weather

Pierce County9:10 PM PDT47.10°N, 122.43°WElevation 381 ft

Current conditions

Clear
53°
Clear
Feels like 53°
High 68° Wednesday·Low 38° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity76%
Dew point46°
Pressure30.02 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover3%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:36 AM
Sunset6:15 PM

Observed at Tacoma / McChord Air Force Base · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day
  • Tonight

    Areas of fog after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 38. North northeast wind around 2 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Areas of fog before 10am. Sunny. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. Wind around 0 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Wind around 0 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 9 hrs ago.

  1. Now Clear 50°
  2. 10 PM Clear 48°
  3. 11 PM Clear 46°
  4. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  5. 1 AM Patchy Fog 43°
  6. 2 AM Patchy Fog 42°
  7. 3 AM Patchy Fog 41°
  8. 4 AM Patchy Fog 40°
  9. 5 AM Areas Of Fog 39°
  10. 6 AM Areas Of Fog 39°
  11. 7 AM Areas Of Fog 38°
  12. 8 AM Areas Of Fog 39°
  13. 9 AM Patchy Fog 42°
  14. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 49°
  15. 11 AM Sunny 54°
  16. 12 PM Sunny 58°
  17. 1 PM Sunny 62°
  18. 2 PM Sunny 65°
  19. 3 PM Sunny 66°
  20. 4 PM Sunny 67°
  21. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 66°
  22. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  23. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 60°
  24. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 54°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Clear then Areas Of Fog Mostly Clear then Areas Of Fog38°
  2. WedOct 21 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny40°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain23%38°60°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny10%36°59°
  5. SatOct 24 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain42%37°56°
  6. SunOct 25 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain26%37°60°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain19%37°60°
  8. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain17%60°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy42°64°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy43°61°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

43
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueGood (33)
  • WedGood (33)
  • ThuGood (33)

Tacoma-Puyallup, WA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:36 AM
Sunset 6:15 PM
Daylight 10 h 38 min (−3 min 13 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 3:54 PM Moonset 1:14 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low58° / 41°
Record high72° (2014)
Record low26° (1949)
Wettest1.07 in (2007)
Yesterday73° / 36°
Month to date0.10 in (normal 2.06 in)

Mcmillin Reservoir, records since 1941. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in SEW, issued 6 hrs ago

Synopsis

Dry with warmer than normal daytime temps will linger through Wednesday. A weak system Thursday will bring increased clouds, near normal temperatures and a few light showers. Dry and continued near normal temperatures Friday, followed by a chance of a weak system over the weekend.

Short Term

Dry with near-normal to slightly cooler than normal overnight lows tonight. Lighter winds into Wednesday morning will allow for more early morning patchy fog formation in sheltered locations. Morning shallow stratus/fog should lift and scatter late morning with another warm October day. A weak upper level system continues to be expected to brush the area Thursday. The main impact will be more cloud cover and near normal temperatures. High resolution ensembles like the REFS showing very limited, shortlived showers mainly in the Olympics and north Cascades Thursday afternoon and evening.

Long Term

Ensembles in fair alignment with the overall pattern Friday becoming more zonal but dry Friday. For the weekend, ensemble clusters in good agreement with the overall pattern indicating an upper level trough moving across the NE Pacific and Gulf of Alaska Friday night, then shearing into a more consolidated trough moving into British Columbia Saturday and a trailing upper level low over the eastern Pacific. The grand ensemble showing good agreement on the overall idea of this upper level trough moving south and east through British Columbia itself or along west along the BC into Western Washington Saturday night into Sunday. Nearly half (48%) of the ensemble members favor the more direct approach with a more consolidated trough. The remaining 52% show either slower more northerly track or even offshore track for the trough. The more consolidated track would result in a more organized, but likely weak system moving through the area Saturday night into Sunday, where the northerly/offshore scenarios would likely result in more limited precipitation brushing the area Sunday or even delayed into Monday. The overall pattern early next week looks fairly evenly split with 49% of the grand ensemble showing some degree of ridging early in the week, and 51% some degree of troughing.

Aviation

An upper level low continues to spin off CA with dry and stable conditions across western WA. The flow aloft is southwesterly. Patchy, shallow, fog will likely develop in the interior Wednesday morning for a brief period of LIFR conditions. Fog will scatter out by 18-20z for a return of VFR conditions. 33

KSEA...VFR conditions continue this afternoon and evening. A brief period of shallow/patchy fog is possible early Wednesday morning for LIFR conditions. Otherwise, VFR expected by the afternoon. N wind to 10 kt, becoming NE 5 kt overnight, then light and variable Wednesday morning. Winds Wednesday afternoon will be more W to NW around 5 kt. 33

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