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Sea-Tac Airport now gusting 56 mph -- strongest gust there since Dec. 18, 2024. #wawx

LIVE UPDATES: Peak gusts from Saturday’s windstorm around Seattle and Western Washington - Emerald City Weather Blog Story updated Saturday 9:50 p.m. ** Winds are now starting to get into their peak gust mode as

Storm Headlines so far:
* 180,000 without power in WA
* Sea-Tac 53 mph gust strongest of year so ar
* 77 mph gust in Hoquiam
* 66 mph gust in Tacoma (Narrows)
* 17 mi stretch of SR 105 on coast closed due to fallen trees & power lines. #wawx

LIVE UPDATES: emeraldcityweather.com/peak-gusts-f...

Tacoma Narrows Bridge just gusted to 66 mph #wawx

LIVE UPDATES: Peak gusts from Saturday’s windstorm around Seattle and Western Washington - Emerald City Weather Blog Story updated Saturday 7:45 p.m. The storm coming in Saturday evening into Saturday night may notch some of

Hoquiam has now hit gusts of 73 and 77 mph in the last few minutes.

LIVE: emeraldcityweather.com/peak-gusts-f...

60 mph at Hoquiam Airport now

LIVE UPDATES: Peak gusts from Saturday’s windstorm around Seattle and Western Washington - Emerald City Weather Blog Story updated Saturday 7:40 p.m. The storm coming in Saturday evening into Saturday night may notch some of

Westport just hit a gust of 71 mph, NWS Seattle says.

LIVE UPDATES: emeraldcityweather.com/peak-gusts-f...

Chart showing current power outages as of 5 p.m.

Washington leading the nation in power outages at the moment. Though Texas is impressive to get down to 30k they were at 260k this morning after severe weather went thru Dallas and Houston. #wawx

Updates: emeraldcityweather.com/peak-gusts-f...

52 mph gust at Sea-Tac is the strongest gust at the airport since Feb. 25.

Peak gusts from Saturday’s windstorm around Seattle and Western Washington - Emerald City Weather Blog Story updated Saturday 3:10 p.m. The storm coming in Saturday evening into Saturday night may notch some of

I'm tracking the peak gusts and news from today's windstorms in my new Emerald City Weather Blog (giving it its first good workout!) Already 60 mph at Tacoma Narrows and 52 mph at Sea-Tac Airport.
Follow along here I'll be updating through the night:
emeraldcityweather.com/peak-gusts-f... #wawx

Sea-Tac Airport just hit a gust of 52 mph!

Woah the South Sound is already very windy - this is not the main event that's still late this evening into the overnight hours:
Tacoma Narrows: 60 mph
Fort Lewis: 46
Hoquiam: 45
Olympia: 45
SeaTac Airport: 43

A (minor) tornado threat Saturday on the Washington and Oregon coast?!? - Emerald City Weather Blog We knew Saturday was going to be an active day in the Pacific Northwest with a potent low

NOAA's SPC painted much of the Oregon coast and even parts of the southern Washington coast in a Level 1 out of 5 severe weather threat that included a low-end tornado threat for Saturday:

emeraldcityweather.com/a-minor-torn... #wawx #orwx

Rare ‘hail fog’ spotted after thunderstorms sweep through Puget Sound area - Emerald City Weather Blog DUVALL, Wash. — A batch of thunderstorms that swept through the Puget Sound region on Sunday not only

Rare sighting of "hail fog" from Washington Weather Chasers after thunderstorms rolled through Snohomish County Sunday! #wawx
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Rumbles of thunder to kick off a busy weather week - Emerald City Weather Blog First off, an apology to the dogs and all the pet walkers— really, any walkers — out there….

Sunday is going to be one of those days where you think you might be able to sneak a walk in, and then find you chose… poorly.

Update on the thunderstorm chances today and stormier weather later in the week:

emeraldcityweather.com/rumbles-of-t... #wawx

Seems about par for the course this week.

Mariners fans every pitch in playoffs: “MY HEART RATE IS ELEVENTYBILLION 🫣”

Dodgers in playoffs: “🥱🥳”

I swear I could hear Dave Niehaus screaming from above about getting out rye bread and mustard, grandma! 💚💙 #Mariners #GrandSalami

Welcome back marine layer!! #Mariners

It's weird if the Mariners had started 0-2 and won yesterday and were up 6-2 right now we'd feel pretty good.

We're in the same spot now but oh how momentum just weighs on everything in sports. It's feels like the Blue Jays hit the invincibility star in Mario and they're all still flashing...

New La Nina-esque winter outlook map paints cold, snowy picture for Northwest - Emerald City Weather Blog If snow and rain fans were given a blank easel and could craft a winter outlook map from

Both the new 90-day forecasts for December through February and January through March now have moderately strong signals for cooler than average temperatures and above average precipitation.

emeraldcityweather.com/new-la-nina-... #wawx

Watch: ‘Wet microburst’ slams Longview with 80-85 mph winds, damaging buildings - Emerald City Weather Blog LONGVIEW, Wash. — A freak burst of wind left a trail of damage in Longview on Sunday afternoon

Watch as a freak burst of 80-85 mph winds from a "wet microburst" left a trail of damage in Longview on Sunday afternoon. #wawx

emeraldcityweather.com/wet-microbur...

Soak it up, sun fans! Stormy pattern looms… - Emerald City Weather Blog Sun fans, the clock is ticking. If Monday and Tuesday’s blue-filled skies are your jam, this is your

Wednesday will be another glorious sunny day around Seattle. It... might be the last crystal clear day for a bit. You have been warned... #wawx

Los Angeles area gets first Severe Thunderstorm Watch in 17 years! - Emerald City Weather Blog Heads up Mickey and Minnie: The weather is very un-Southern California-like this morning! Parts of the Los Angeles

Los Angeles gets its first Severe Thunderstorm Watch in over 17 years! :O #cawx

MORE in my new ECWB weather blog:
emeraldcityweather.com/los-angeles-...

For Mariners, a fresh Miller is plenty filling in Game 1

+100 for The Athletic's headline on Bryce Miller's Game 1 Start:

"For Mariners, a fresh Miller is plenty filling in Game 1"

That victory did taste pretty great:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Plinky size hail up here in SW Snohomish County. (As In it makes a sound like plink plink plink.)

Remembering the great Columbus Day Windstorm of 1962 - Emerald City Weather Blog The weather was active Sunday but it was nothing compared to what was happening 63 years ago when

63 years ago today, the Pacific Northwest was hit by a storm with winds the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane. Learn More: emeraldcityweather.com/remembering-... #wawx

First Snow Advisory of the season comes to the Cascades - Emerald City Weather Blog A couple weeks ago it was 75. Now we’re talking snow alerts!? At least for the Cascades, it’s

First Cascades snow alert of the season are here! 4-10+ inches in the higher elevations; Stevens Pass may even get a few inches. More in the Emerald City Weather Blog:
#wawx

WHAT A GAME!!!! #Mariners.

Skiers and snow-lovers rejoice – La Niña is here! Here’s what it means for the Northwest: - Emerald City Weather Blog NOAA made it official Thursday: La Niña is here. Skiers and snowboarders probably didn’t even need to hear

La Nina is officially here! So... what does that mean? My latest blog goes into why skiers and snowboarders should be smiling: emeraldcityweather.com/skiers-and-s...

Snow at Stevens Pass? Thunderstorms? Autumn perks up a bit - Emerald City Weather Blog We’ve already ditched the 70s; now it’s time to take another step into the heart of autumn as

NEW BLOG POST: A few thunderstorms possible Friday in the South Sound, but then we get to "chill" out this weekend with highs in the 50s around Seattle -- and perhaps even a little snow at Stevens Pass :O #wawx