West Seattle Blog... » West Seattle weatherWest Seattle news, information, and discussion, updated multiple times daily, 24/7/365West Seattle Weather Watch: Early-morning rainbow- August 30, 2008 Thanks to Imelda for that photo looking southwest from just south of Alki Point around 6:30 this morning. The latest forecast promises a &8220;mostly sunny&8221; holiday on Monday! ADDED 1:26 PM: Just found out that co-publisher Patrick got this great shot of a great blue heron near Alki Bathhouse this morning, so we wanted to ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=10103 West Seattle Weather Watch: Potentially windy night- August 30, 2008 Click pic to play video (Short video clip of the brightly lit Royal Argosy under dark clouds post-dusk tonight, just south of Alki Point) We were checking the ferry system&8217;s website to see how Holiday Getaway Night was going, when we noticed the Port Townsend run was having trouble because of &8220;high seas and wind&8221;; checked our ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=10098 West Seattle Weather Watch: Check those drains!- August 26, 2008 It may sound like one of those &8220;don&8217;t run with scissors&8221; reminders - but in case you just aren&8217;t accustomed to thinking about your drains this early in the year, a couple West Seattleites suggested a reminder here. And not just because of the storm &8212; in fact, it was hours before yesterday&8217;s deluge when ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=10028 Reader report: West Seattle lightning strike- August 26, 2008 Kate Hawley says she took that photo and the next one around 5 pm, after a lightning strike in the 17thMyrtle vicinity (map): As Kate describes it: Our neighbor&8217;s tree was struck by lightning and split the tree down the middle! The strike blew chunks of cedar all over the next door neighbor&8217;s house and yard and ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=10022 West Seattle Weather Watch updates: Complete cloudburst- August 25, 2008 (adding info, pix, video as we get it, scroll down andor refresh) (Photo from Alia - thank you! - added 5:16 pm; next, video from outside WSB HQ) Click To Play (video added 5 pm, lightning and thunder a few seconds in, amid ferocious rain) Poured so hard here a few minutes ago, it took down one of our ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=10011 Commute alert: Thunderstorm rolling through- August 25, 2008 We&8217;ve seen the flashes and heard the thunder &8212; watch out for another bout of nasty weather on your drive home &8212; though we can see a bit of sun over Vashon, it&8217;s solid ominous gray looking toward Bainbridge and points northwest. Here&8217;s the latest forecast; remember you can check out all the area traffic ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=10009 West Seattle Weather Watch: Monsoon arrives- August 20, 2008 In case you&8217;re away from home and it&8217;s not doing the same wherever you are: Monsoon-quality rain here now. Plus, from the Sound, the unmistakable boom of ship horns - not as high-pitched as ferry horns. Soupy out there! P.S. Good news in the latest &8220;forecast discussion&8221; &8212; it says, in part, &8220;Saturday will likely ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=9908 West Seattle Weather Watch: Rainwind likely while you sleep- August 20, 2008 As always, we prefer to watch the National Weather Service &8220;forecast discussion&8221; for more specifics on what&8217;s on the way - it should be updated by 9:30 or so tonight, but the most recent version suggests our area won&8217;t see major effects of the &8220;unseasonably vigorous&8221; oncoming storm till very early tomorrow morning. It&8217;s not ...http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=9887 West Seattle Weather Watch: Here comes fall- August 18, 2008 Even as the clouds lift a bit, there&8217;s word that today&8217;s just a warmup, er, cooldown for what&8217;s to come: An &8220;unseasonable&8221; storm &8220;more typical of autumn&8221; is on the way late tomorrow, says the National Weather Service. Share Thishttp://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=9858 West Seattle Weather Watch: A bolt out of the black- August 18, 2008 David Hutchinson took that from Don Armeni around 10:30 pm. The latest forecast warns of some possible &8220;small hail&8221; with overnight thunderstorms. Share Thishttp://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=9851 |