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Bill Kaczaraba
The weather this week will be quite active, with the mountains getting more much-needed snow while the lowlands become significantly colder by the end of the week.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
A Pacific weather system is expected to roll onshore, bringing rain and blustery conditions to the lowlands and long-awaited snow in the mountains.
2 years ago
Frank Sumrall
Mass cited two reasons for 2023 being so hot: Global warming and the Pacific Northwest having one of the strongest El Niño winters.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
With a record warm December in the rearview mirror, cooler more seasonable January weather is in store for the next couple of weeks.
2 years ago
Kate Stone
³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio's Ted Buehner said SeaTac Airport measured 57 degrees at 7 a.m. Friday, shattering the record that was in place.
2 years ago
Kate Stone
Western Washington is less than a month away from a 5 p.m. sunset — and for those who dread the yearly "Big Dark," it can’t come soon enough.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
The good news was there were no heat domes, no long-lived cold waves and no widespread strong damaging wind storms.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
Overall temperatures are anticipated to remain warmer than average for the three-month period of January through March.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
For those hoping for a White Christmas, we're sorry to report it won't be happening this year - at least not in Western Washington.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
Washington Senator Maria Cantwell introduced two bills this past May to modernize the nation’s weather radio network for hazardous events.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
The long-awaited winter solstice is just a couple of days away.
2 years ago
Bill Kaczaraba
For the fourth morning in a row, foggy conditions are playing havoc with the morning commute in Western Washington.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
Seattle weather is going to cooperate for the most part through the holiday weekend.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
Many areas in the western interior were ranging from 6 to 12 inches below average for rainfall in the year.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
17 years ago, the Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm struck Western Washington. On the evening of Dec 14 into early Dec 15, the storm plowed through the region with wind gusts up to 100 mph.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
The weather this week looks to be much more tranquil than last week, good timing for college students taking finals and heading home, holiday shoppers visiting stores, and travelers having fewer weather worries.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
The U.S. Weather Bureau made the announcement in 1941 to avoid having the data fall into enemy hands.
2 years ago
L.B. Gilbert
A landslide is disrupting Amtrak service between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, with service canceled through at least Thursday morning.
2 years ago
L.B. Gilbert and Steve Coogan
Car crashes, downed trees, and flooding rivers are plaguing Western Washington as the atmospheric river forecasted is dumping rain on the area.
2 years ago
Frank Sumrall
"Some of the rivers will get to flood stage," Cliff Mass said of the atmospheric river storm on KTTH. "Examples include the Snoqualmie River."
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
What a change from the dry, cool, frosty, foggy, and sunny weather in the latter part of November! The calendar turned to December Friday and so did a big change to the weather.
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
The fresh snow may also be enough to open more ski areas in Washington state. Crystal Mountain recently opened with limited operations
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
November is well underway and marks the start of King Tide season. The winter months are when the inland waters of Western Washington get its highest astronomical high tides of the year. So, what is a King Tide?
2 years ago
Ted Buehner
Meteorological winter starts on Friday, but winter as we know it begins on the solstice -- this year on Dec. 21 around 7:30 p.m. in Seattle.
2 years ago