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Scott Sistek April 15, 2026

SEATTLE — Well that’s something you don’t see every day… or every decade… A waterspout touched down...

Scott Sistek April 13, 2026

A rather potent-for-April nothing-false-about-it winter storm is heading toward western Washington Tuesday, set to bring drenching rains...

Scott Sistek April 9, 2026

OH, LOOK! IT’S ANOTHER SUPER EL NIÑO POST! 😮 I’m sure if you’re someone who follows the...

Scott Sistek April 4, 2026

First up the TL;DR: 😎 Now the deets: Sometimes in March we get a burst of warm...

Scott Sistek March 27, 2026

HAH! I know what you’re probably thinking: “There goes Scott, opening Pandora’s Box calling it a ‘perfect’...

Seattle gets back to some semblance of spring normalcy for weather GOES-18 satellite image from March 21. LOOK... not much around the NW! :O

Scott Sistek March 21, 2026

(…at least around here.) Between Hawaii’s historic rainfall (still going on) and the historic Desert Southwest heat...

Flood Watches issued in Cascades as multi-day Pineapple Express soaks Seattle GOES-18 Satellite image on March 17, 2026 showing Pineapple Express plume stretching from Hawaii into the Pacific Northwest.

Scott Sistek March 17, 2026

A multiple day Pineapple Express-type atmospheric river is here. And while it’s been shifting a little north...

Pineapple Express may last for days in Seattle next week, sapping fresh mountain snowpack GOES 18 satellite image from March 14 showing large plume of moisture starting from near Hawaii and spanning a large swath of the Pacific that will gradually take aim at B.C. and then Western Washington next week.

Scott Sistek March 14, 2026

It’s already been a pretty notable week of weather here — Seattle just had the windiest (52...

Atmospheric river brings record-setting March snowfall to Seattle Snow falls at Sea-Tac Airport on March 13, 2026. (Photo courtesy: Sea-Tac Airport)

Scott Sistek March 13, 2026

I have to say I’m impressed. Usually these are the types of fringey snow patterns that totally...

Atmospheric river may bring some slushy snow to Seattle and Puget Sound region Friday HRRR 3-hour snowfall map for Friday early morning. (NOTE: These calculations do not factor in warm ground temps that would melt much of this snow on impact but gives an idea where snowfall may be the heaviest)

Scott Sistek March 12, 2026

So, about that Friday the 13th… To say this week’s weather has been wacky is to sell...