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More rivers to rise as heavy rain continues

Flood watches and warnings are up for several rivers and heavy rain continues to pound the Northwest.

A forecast model from the University of Washington showing plenty of moisture (red) in the atmosphere in a stream of high-altitude winds directed at the Northwest on Monday.

Stormy weekend will impact Seattle and the Sounders

KIRO 7 Meteorologist Morgan Palmer says the worst of the weekend weather could hit right as the Seattle Sounders are taking the field with their season on the line.

Incredible video of morning fog over Seattle

The KIRO 7 tower camera atop Queen Anne recorded beautiful images of fog rolling across Downtown Seattle just after sunrise Thursday.

Heavy rain moving in, flood watch issued

A Flood Watch has been issued for several area rivers as a large area of sometimes-heavy rainfall is expected today.

On KIROTV.com at 2 p.m.: Meteorologist Morgan Palmer answers your questions about Hurricane Sandy

I'll be hosting a special webchat on Hurricane Sandy at KIROTV.com starting today at 2 p.m.

El Niño stalls, Winter forecast muddled

Despite earlier forecasts, waters of the equatorial Pacific have cooled somewhat making a winter El Niño a less likely possibility.

Snow on peaks above Snoqualmie Pass on Thursday, Oct. 18.

Get set for a streak of cold and wet weather

The Seattle forecast is looking colder and wetter through the weekend, and the chilly forecast looks to persist through at least the next week.

First dusting of snow near Cascade passes

First light reveals some wet snow in the Cascades and at Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Mountains.

A 48 hour rainfall forecast from 5 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday. This is from the University of Washington WRF-GFS model.

Major weather pattern shift sets stormy Seattle weather pattern

The high pressure blocking storm systems from approaching Western Washington has fallen apart. Over the next week, several potent weather systems will pass nearby, giving bouts of rain and wind.

Another weather milestone: 75 days since a Seattle soaker

The last truly "soaking" rainfall in Seattle was back on July 20 when 0.60" fell.

Spectacular sunrise and rainbow images over Seattle

Light rain showers during sunrise created a flurry of perfect panoramas, as seen from the KIRO 7 Queen Anne tower camera and viewer photos.

A collection of images collected late Monday morning shows suspended smoke from wildfires east of the Cascade Mountains drifting west-southwestward beyond Seattle and Tacoma and into Pacific Ocean.

Smoke continues to drift across Western Washington

Monday morning satellite images show smoke from central Washington wildfires reaching beyond the Pacific coast.

After spotty morning sprinkles, forecast looks dry

A few spotty very light showers were reported in Lacey and at McChord Field Sunday morning, but Meteorologist Morgan Palmer says that precipitation is over and a warming forecast is set for Seattle and Western Washington.

Continual wave action of storm surge caused this vehicle to sink into the soft sandy earth.

Slideshow: Meteorologist Morgan Palmer's Hurricane Katrina photographs

KIRO 7 Meteorologist Morgan Palmer spent a week reporting for Biloxi television station WLOX in the days following the landfall of Hurricane Katrina.

Watch a live stream of the KIRO 7 StormTracker!

We're now streaming video of the KIRO 7 StormTracker

A photograph, purportedly from Tropical Storm Isaac's approach to Florida is a hoax photo that has been circulating the Internet for years.

Fake Tropical Storm Isaac photo circulating Internet

The photo circulating the internet, purportedly from Tropical Storm Isaac's passage of Florida, is a hoax.

Clouds associated with the developing core of Tropical Storm Isaac as seen from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft southwest of Puerto Rico on Thursday, Aug. 23.

Beautiful shot from inside Tropical Storm Isaac

A beautiful picture of an organizing tropical cyclone, Isaac, belies the destruction it will cause in the Caribbean and possibly along the southeast U.S. coast.

Makeshift tents of tarps and sticks have sprung up outside the boundaries of the Corail refugee camp outside of Port-au-Prince. Among them are tents of vendors, such as soft drinks and a barber shop in the foreground at the edge of the camp. (Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post)

Looming disaster for Haiti's earthquake refugees as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches

An estimated 400,000 Haitians live in tent city slums after the January, 2010 earthquake that left many cities and villages in ruins. A strengthening tropical storm will dump more than a foot of rain and pose the threat for destruction and disease.

Cool and moist air is more dense than warm, dry air. When that cool marine layer moves in off the Pacific, it "hugs" the ground.

Lowland gloom creates beautiful view from Hurricane Ridge

Sunday's lowland marine layer clouds extended to just below the observation deck at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Hurricane Ridge's elevation is 5,200 feet.