Thunderstorms move in with cooler air across Puget Sound region
Aug 16, 2020, 8:30 PM | Updated: Aug 17, 2020, 9:23 am
After a scorching day Sunday across the Puget Sound region, cooler air moved in for the evening. And with it, thunderstorms.
Lightning and thunder was reported in several locations on Sunday evening, including around North Bend, the King-Snohomish County line, and the Olympic Peninsula. The National Weather Service in Seattle said little to no precipitation was expected, but warned that lightning could start fires.
945PM: The majority of the thunderstorm action is currently over the Olympic Peninsula. This trend will continue as the upper level disturbance responsible for this evening鈥檚 action slides northward into Canada.
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle)
Quite the electric evening across parts of Western Washington. Here is a 鈿★笍 picture taken by one of our off duty forecasters over the Cascade foothills this evening. If you hear thunder, seek shelter indoors, & watch out for fire starts!
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle)
More thunderstorm activity along the coast and Olympic Peninsula. Watch out for more lightning strikes!
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle)
Less activity around & Puget Sound area recently, but storms have popped up on E side of Olympics near Hood Canal to WNW of moving NNE. If you hear thunder, seek shelter indoors, & watch out for fire starts!
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle)
Rainbow and lightning in the distance looking NE of Shoreline.
— Jacob DeFlitch (@WxDeFlitch)
A thunderstorm producing lightning is moving NNE of the North Bend area. When thunder roars, go indoors. KATX – Super-Res Reflectivity Tilt 1 7:17 PM PDT
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle)
Some color and crazy clouds at sunset just a few minutes ago.
— Little Bear Creek Weather (@lbc_weather)
Two varying shots of color as storms move into western Washington.
— WestSeattleWx (@WestSeaWx)
The NWS reports Sea-Tac Airport tied a record at 98 degrees Sunday. The last time it hit 98 degrees on Aug. 16 was back in 1967.
Forecasters say it’ll be much cooler Monday with high temperatures in the low 80s. By Wednesday, most of the Puget Sound will be in high 70s range.
