3:14 PM: Big wind gusts this past half-hour have brought power outages. According to the Seattle City Light map, the biggest one has taken out more than 4,600 homes and businesses in north West S...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-weather-power-outages-as-wind-sweeps-through/
Thanks for the photos! Ann Adachi‘s image of the pre-sunset rainbow is the most vivid one we received. … Earlier in the day, before those glimpses of blue sky, clouds presided over a low-low ...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/west-seattle-scenes-in-the-sky-on-the-beach/
In case you missed it: For a while this afternoon, snow had the upper hand in the “wintry mix” that swept through. Gill Loring‘s photo above is from White Center; we saw it while traveling ...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/03/weather-not-done-with-wintry-mix-yet/
TUESDAY NIGHT: Get ready for another round of wind. Early Wednesday morning – 4 am, to be specific – a Wind Advisory alert from the National Weather Service takes effect, lasting until 7 pm. ...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/west-seattle-weather-wind-advisory-alert-for-wednesday/
4:15 PM: Thanks to the texter who sent that photo from Arbor Heights. We’re getting an icy rain mix right now in Upper Fauntleroy – a variant of the “wintry mix” that’s been in the fore...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/west-seattle-weather-wintry-mix-arrives/
4 PM: Thanks for the tip. On this blustery afternoon, a fallen tree/branch is blamed for that 46-customer power outage southeast of Westwood Village. The reader who texted us says, “We heard a ...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/power-outage-southeast-of-westwood-village/
No sunset colors tonight, so let’s admire the sunrise! Thanks to everyone who sent photos of today’s early-morning show. Above, that’s from Liz; below, from Jerry Simmons: And a panoramic v...
(View from West Seattle’s highest-elevation traffic camera) 6:00 AM: Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 15, and we got some surprise snow – not just a “wintry mix” – in the very-ea...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/weather-traffic-transit-post-snow-thursday-morning/
12:40 AM: Just got a text that it’s snowing in Highland Park; looked out the window here in Upper Fauntleroy and there’s a dusting on the ground and parked vehicles. Anybody else? 12:47 AM: T...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/west-seattle-weather-seeing-some-snow-4/
One more West Seattle site still cleaning up after damage done in our freezing weather a week-plus ago: The Salvation Army‘s free playspace (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 3-5 pm) is canceled th...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/01/freeze-followup-playspace-closed-for-pipe-repairs/
Thanks to the texter who sent that photo of icy Seola Pond, perhaps one of the last such scenes we’ll see until and unless extra-cold weather returns. Tonight, rain is back, with a Winter Weath...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/01/west-seattle-weather-rain-returns-maybe-icy/
8:32 AM: Just in – Madison Middle School‘s principal has messaged families to announce that the school is going remote today because of a pipe problem. Here’s the message parents forwarded ...
7:01 AM: Emergency response at Delridge/Juneau. 7:48 AM: Most of that response has cleared; no traffic effects. Meantime, a Seattle Fire truck has responded to a bus shelter at 35th/Avalon (which...
https://westseattleblog.com/2024/01/traffic-transit-weather-thawing-tuesday/
(Photo by Stephen Nielsen, from Lowman Beach) According to the National Weather Service, tonight’s painted-sky sunset ushered in our final below-freezing night – until the next time Arctic ai...
Good morning. It’s Monday, January 15th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day – here’s info for this holiday: WEATHER Today we might see a high temperature above freezing. *The forecast is for sunshi...