Sam Argier's Weather Blog
Historic dry streak in jeopardy
As I was picking up dinner for my family yesterday evening, I noticed that the restaurant patios in my neighborhood were packed. Let’s face it; we all know al fresco dining is much harder to come by as we get closer to our wet season. This likely explains why patio ...
Driest August in more than 120 years
Labor Day weekend is upon us and we are on the cusp of seeing the driest August in over a century! Yes, it has really been that dry. There has been no measurable rainfall this month at Sea-Tac Airport; the official weather reporting station for the Seattle area. The big ...
Monthlong dry stretch threatened
Telling you that we have been dry probably comes as little surprise to you. After all, it’s the middle of the summer, our driest time of the year. However, over the last 31 days we have not recorded measurable rainfall at Sea-Tac. The last time there was enough water in ...
Cooler day before a blast of summer heat
While the rest of the country was baking in the heat this past July, here in Western Washington we experienced a cooler than average month. Those cool July days seem like a distant memory now. We are two weeks into the month of August and we have certainly been on ...
One of the hottest Seafair weekends ever
During our morning newscast we took a live shot from one of our crews covering Seafair preparations on Lake Washington. In the picture, the sun was glistening off the lake with hydroplanes filling the Stan Sayers pits. When I saw that view on TV, I was thinking about how it’s ...
Cool end to July before a warmer start to August
It’s the last day of July and we are closing out the month with another cool cloudy morning. If you’re a fan of summer heat, you’re likely a bit disappointed with the cooler than average temperatures we have seen for much of the month. Don’t get me wrong, we have ...
The cutoff low is the weatherman's woe
If you have been watching the weather forecast this week, you may have noticed a very persistent low pressure system that has been spinning to our south. This water vapor satellite image shows the swirl off the Northern California coast this morning; that is the area of low pressure spinning ...
Strong thunderstorms rock Puget Sound overnight
Many of you received a weather wake up call last night across Western Washington. Between 11 p.m. Sunday night and 5 a.m. Monday morning, strong thunderstorms rumbled across our area. Thunder, numerous lightning strikes, heavy downpours, and hail were all experienced around Puget Sound. We received numerous photos here on ...
A rainbow in the clouds
Check out this great shot uploaded to our website Wednesday afternoon. KIRO 7 viewer “Darlene4197” took this picture while working in her yard near Spanaway. It looks like a rainbow painted on the clouds, doesn’t it? Despite its appearance, it is not a rainbow at all. It’s an optical phenomenon ...
Summer arrives with sunshine
After a long cold winter and spring, we are only a few hours away from the official beginning of summer. The summer solstice occurs at 4:09 this afternoon, ushering in the longest day of the year. The 16 hours of daylight we see today will be dominated by sunshine with ...
Kicking off June with gloom
It’s the first day of June and we are seeing that familiar shade of gray across Western Washington this morning. Yes, June gloom is here. I’m not trying to sound like the glass half empty type, but this is the time of year when the rest of the country starts ...
The weather pendulum swings
It was quite the run of warm and dry weather the past two weeks. From May 5th through 20th, Sea-Tac Airport went a solid 15 days with no measurable rainfall. It was also extremely mild with 10 out of those 15 days recording temperatures above normal. We even hit our ...
One of the warmest Mother's Days on record
Major Weekend Warm-up It’s Friday, the weekend has arrived, and the warmest weather so far this year is coming our way. A ridge of high pressure is building across Western Washington, pushing the storm track north with plenty of sunshine across the Pacific Northwest. It’s the perfect setup for spring ...
Cool start to May
Donning his classic red hooded KIRO jacket, reporter Rick Price was suited up for the snow during our morning newscast today. Seeing Rick reporting live from Snoqualmie Pass is a familiar sight for KIRO 7 Morning News viewers during the winter season, but here we are on May 1st and ...
Another beautiful spring weekend
As you look outside on this rainy Friday morning, it might be a little hard to believe that some of the warmest weather so far this year is on the way this weekend. We’re turning a major corner in the weather department with more sun and 70s in the forecast! ...
Mariners home opener weather, a look back
Despite spring officially arriving over 3 weeks ago, I don’t think it really feels like spring until baseball season begins. The Mariners kicked off the 2012 season in Japan on March 28th, but their home opener will be taking place Friday evening at 7:10 p.m. As you can see, the ...
Rainy March weather carries into April
Remember last Saturday? The sun was out with temperatures around 60… the kind of weather that makes you want to dust off the barbeque and enjoy some springtime weather. As we all know, those days have been few and far between this March. Rain has been the story all month ...
Cold and wet March with no end in sight
WARNING: Reading this blog post may cause you to book a vacation to a sunny and warm destination. Now that you have read the disclaimer, I take no responsibility if you decide to click over to your favorite travel site to book a tropical getaway after checking out this post. ...
Storm explodes off the coast
We’re used to seeing before and after pictures on beauty makeover shows and in weight loss ads. Today, I have a weather related before and after shot of the storm hitting Western Washington this morning. The large image was taken around 8:30 a.m., showing the classic comma shape; a sign ...
Getting a grapple on graupel
We had cold enough air in place this past weekend to bring quite the mix of winter precipitation across Western Washington. Some of you saw snow, with a few inches through some neighborhoods along the foothills and around north King and Snohomish Counties where a convergence zone set up. Other ...
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