ALCS Game 4 to stay dry despite two weeks of rain ahead

Despite rain expected to occur, to some degree, throughout 12 of the next 14 days, expect dry conditions at T-Mobile Park during a critical Game 4 of the ALCS.

The roof is scheduled to remain open over T-Mobile Park on Thursday, according to KIRO 7 Meteorologist Robert Van Winkle, with rain-free conditions expected for the duration of the Seattle Mariners game. A weak front is expected to move through late Thursday night, accompanied by a few showers scattered throughout, continuing into Friday morning.

Still, even without rain, expect brisk conditions. Thursday’s high failed to hit 60 degrees.

Friday is on schedule to be mostly dry, but once the weekend arrives, so does the rain.

12 of next 13 days to have some rain

Starting Saturday, 12 of the next 13 days are predicted to receive some level of rain. Eight days boast a more than 50% chance of rain, according to The Weather Channel.

Weather Underground predicts nearly 1.75 inches of rain from Saturday, Oct. 18, through Saturday, Oct. 25.

The heaviest bouts of rain are expected to take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 18), 6 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 23) through 6 a.m. Friday (Oct. 24), and all day Saturday (Oct. 25).

First thunder-and-hailstorm of fall strikes Seattle

Buckets of rain hit Seattle and other neighboring cities in the Puget Sound region Sunday afternoon, followed by a hailstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning. 

Just after 4:30 p.m. last Sunday, Oct. 12, hail briefly covered many major thoroughfares and streets in the city before the consistent downpour of rain washed it away.

Thunder continued for the following few hours.

It is the first such storm to hit Seattle this fall. Moderate to heavy rain lasted through 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Washington’s dry 2025

The onslaught of rain will hopefully mitigate the damage an abnormally dry year had on Washington.

With the exception of March, the winter and spring months had well below-average rainfall for the year heading into summer. The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) was nearly five inches below normal for the year through May.

That dry trend continued through much of the summer. Only August had more than the usual rainfall for the month by just more than a tenth of an inch. By the end of September, SEA had finished more than seven inches of rain below average for its annual precipitation thus far.

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