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Mountain snowpack sending major warnings about water supplies

It’s the middle of February and Washington's mountain snowpack is well below average from where it should be.

3 years ago

Who do we share the term ‘sunbreak’ with?

Where did the term sunbreak originate and who does the Northwest share it with?

3 years ago

There really is a difference between rain and showers

Rain versus showers. Yes, both of these terms are wet and can be confusing.

3 years ago

Celebrate National Weatherperson’s Day Feb. 5 with your favorite weather anchor

National Weatherperson’s Day honors the birth of one of America’s first weather observers, John Jeffries in 1744.

3 years ago

Buehner: This week’s ‘manageable weather’ features light rain, some sun

Temperatures this week will be right around average for early February with highs roughly around the 45-50 degree range.

3 years ago

Punxsutawney Phil and the big reveal on Groundhog Day

Famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil came out of his burrow to make his folklore weather prediction and we could be in store for an early spring.

3 years ago

Seattle hit a record low of 0 degrees in 1950; temps are closer to 60 now

The unseasonably warm spring-like weather will continue today before temperatures begin to gradually cool Thursday through the weekend.

3 years ago

Will unseasonably warm weather continue for Western WA?

Record-high daily temperatures could fall again today and tomorrow.

3 years ago

Expect more record-breaking warm weather this weekend

A number of high temperature records will be threatened, tied or broken in the next few days in several cities in Western Washington.

3 years ago

Weather vs climate: What’s the difference?

Weather is very short-term, like today, yesterday, or tomorrow. Climate involves a long period of time in an area, decades or even a century.

3 years ago

Seattle weather: The big warm-up will stick

A week ago, Western Washington was still in a deep freeze. Now, it feels almost balmy outside.

3 years ago

Temps in Western WA begin to warm, but not without some potential snow

It was quite cold this weekend, and this week offers warming temperatures, but not without an interesting transition during the warm-up.

3 years ago

Sunny skies, frigid temperatures forecast for the weekend

Much of Western Washington is now in a deep freeze after sub-freezing air poured out of the Fraser Canyon northeast of Bellingham and spread south through the region.

3 years ago

Bitter cold sweeps through Western Wash., snow less likely

The coldest weather of the season is about to formally get underway. Colder air from the interior of western Canada has begun to spill out of the Fraser River Canyon into the north interior. This surge of colder air will work its way south through the rest of Western Washington through the day today and tonight.