Rain Shadow for Seattle, Snow Later?
After a dry day on Sunday—rumor has it the sun even managed to peek through the overcast skies yesterday afternoon—the rain has returned for today.
Currently, light-to-moderate rain is falling across Puget Sound. As we...
Cold and Stormy Presidents’ Day Weekend Looms
After a couple days of relatively benign weather—sunshine, fog, and the occasional raindrop or two—a much more active weather pattern is on tap for the Seattle area, just in time for the holiday weekend.
Scattered...
Cooler Temperatures the Next Few Days
The streak is over.
Friday marked the ninth—and last—consecutive day of above-average temperatures for Seattle, with a high of 55. Unfortunately, Saturday’s persistent cloud cover prevented the streak from reaching double digits, as we only...
A Warm Start to February
With today’s high of 52 degrees, Seattle has now seen seven days in a row with high temperatures above normal. While today wasn’t exactly “off-the-charts” warm around here (the forecasted afternoon sun was a...
Light Rain on the Way
If there’s anything we've learned about this February so far, it’s that it doesn't like rain. Except on Wednesdays.
After dumping rain last Wednesday morning—the first of the month—the skies have remained dry for nearly...
Easterly Winds in Seattle: A Tale of Two Airports
Around 7 a.m. this morning, under clear skies, the temperature stood at 41 degrees at Sea-Tac Airport. A mere nine miles to the north at Boeing Field, however, the mercury only read 34 degrees—a...
Winter to Continue?
Six more weeks of winter.
That’s what Punxsutawney Phil, the infamous groundhog with a knack for predicting winter’s demise, concluded early this morning. With all due respect to Phil, it’s also what La Nina—the weather...
