Weekend Weather & Time Change: Puget Sound Forecast

SEATTLE — The Seattle area may see a few more showers for part of the weekend, but some breaks are in the forecast before a warm front arrives, returning the potential for widespread rainfall across the region.

According to the National Weather Service, some chance of scattered showers will linger into Saturday, though Seattle can expect a partly sunny afternoon and temperatures near 50 degrees. Sunday should stay "generally benign," forecasters said, before a more active stretch kicks off and lingers into mid-week.

"[A] warm front is on tap to lift across Western Washington during the evening ushering in widespread rainfall," NWS Seattle wrote Friday. "With it, it'll even scoop up some rich moisture with origins from the equatorial Pacific."

Rain will be a good bet for most of Monday, with more showery fare due Tuesday, before steadier rain resumes to welcome Wednesday. Fortunately, afternoon temps should warm into the mid-50s to cap off next week.

This weekend also marks the beginning of daylight saving time, which offiically begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday. Thanks to the time change, the sun won't set in Seattle until 7:10 p.m. By this time next month, sunset will be close to 8 p.m.

Puget Sound will reap the benefits of daylight saving time until at least November — or permanently, if the House finally takes action that would allow the Evergreen State to keep it year-round. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who cosponsored the Sunshine Protection Act and has been a proponent of ditching the time change for years, called on her colleagues in Congress to act in a statement shared ahead of the weekend.

"This weekend, once again, families across Washington state and the country are going to lose an hour of sleep for absolutely no reason," Murray said. "Changing our clocks twice a year is an absolutely antiquated and ridiculous tradition—which is why I am once again urging my colleagues to support and vote for the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act. People across the country have shown they support this, research shows this is good for public health, and studies demonstrate real economic benefits. Let’s finally make Daylight Saving Time permanent."