Strong winds will trigger a High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory for Western Washington Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday morning. The strongest winds will be along the coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Cascade Foothills with gusts up to 65 mph possible. The rest of the Puget Sound will be breezy, with gusts around 45-50 mph.

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.A​ powerful "bomb cyclone" developing off the West Coast will usher in a strong, long-duration atmospheric river to the region,

A powerful bomb cyclone associated with a major atmospheric river is forecast to drench the West Coast, from Washington to California, midweek, potentially leading to flooding.