Forecast: Cloudy Tuesday with sprinkles possible
Tomorrow, a really weak system will slide through, giving us cloudy conditions and even a few sprinkles.
Latest Headlines by Morgan Palmer
Mountain snow, lowland downpours with isolated thunder to start weekend
An unusually cold pocket of air aloft associated with an upper-level low pressure trough moves across the region into the weekend.
Rain needed Friday and Saturday as nature’s “faucet” looks to shut off for extended period
Friday and Saturday are bringing much-needed rain and the potential for some decent downpours across the region.
Funnel cloud sighted over Grays Harbor
A rare funnel cloud was sighted Wednesday morning near Damon Point in Grays Harbor, near Ocean Shores as an energetic storm system moved through Western Washington
The cottonwood “snow” is here, but it’s not what’s triggering your allergies
If you’ve stepped outside the past few days in many parts of the area – and especially nearer the mountains – you’ve seen it.
Breezes subside setting up a warmer Mother’s Day weekend
For most of the first week of May, the Cascades have been a stark dividing line: often gray and chilly to the west, and warm, dry, and windy to the east.
Lowland fire danger increases with little rain in sight
While much attention has been focused on the woeful state of the mountain snowpack from the winter season in Washington, these recent dry days have started to dry out, or “cure”, grasses and other fine fuels in lowland locations.
Spectacular lenticular clouds at sunset east of the Cascades
In the lowlands of Western Washington, we’ve been plagued by several days of “May Gray,” as onshore low-level wind flow from the Pacific Ocean has pushed clouds into the Puget Sound region.
Stronger Pacific breezes put “halt” to summer warmth
In the Pacific Northwest, our weather is often directed by two “forces”: our varied topography, between mountains and lowlands, and the vast, cool Pacific Ocean to our west.
‘Sneezing season’ is in full swing. Here’s your allergy outlook for May
Trees like cedar, birch, and alder are still some of the primary sources of allergy problems — and the pollen counts have reached the “high range” — but starting in early May, grass pollen grains begin to show up.
