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Official Seattle-Area Forecast Analysis from Meteorologist Scott Sistek

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‘Spring’ break? Swirling low will bring cooling rains to Seattle Tuesday GOES-18 Satellite image for April 20 showing a broad low pressure center off the northern California coast.

GOES-18 Satellite image for April 20 showing a broad low pressure center off the northern California coast.

‘Spring’ break? Swirling low will bring cooling rains to Seattle Tuesday

Scott Sistek April 20, 2026

Spring time is that odd transition between the end of our stormy season and the upcoming dry...

How ‘Super El Niño’ might affect the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, based on mascots (sorry, Hurricanes…) NASA image of a hurricane as seen from International Space Station

NASA image of a hurricane as seen from International Space Station

How ‘Super El Niño’ might affect the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, based on mascots (sorry, Hurricanes…)

Scott Sistek April 18, 2026

Seems these days there’s gobs of stories about how “Super El Niño” will add chaos to the...

Watch: Rare waterspout sighted off the shores of Seattle over Puget Sound Waterspout in Seattle

Waterspout in Seattle

Watch: Rare waterspout sighted off the shores of Seattle over Puget Sound

Scott Sistek April 15, 2026

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

‘False Winter’? Potent spring storm to bring heavy snows to Cascades Satellite image April 13

Satellite image April 13

‘False Winter’? Potent spring storm to bring heavy snows to Cascades

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...

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