: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Sunday , May 5, 2013 Rising Rivers This week we had have an ideal situation for rapidly rising rivers . nbsp We started off cold and snowy , with low snow levels in the mountain . nbsp Sunday Monday brought over a foot of snow to the lower Cascades . passes As the week progressed , temperatures warmed and yesterday Saturday we hit mid-70s in central Puget Sound and 80s over the south Sound , the coast , and in Oregon . nbsp Today , will be much warmer , with 80s spreading over the region Sunday morning we are running 7F ahead of yesterday at Seattle-Tacoma , where it got to 77F yesterday Yesterday , I went on an idyllic hike at Ebey's Landing on Whidbey , with extraordinary .