Sam Argier's Weather Blog
Stormy weekend brings lowland snow chance
An active weekend of weather is on the way. It’s kicking off with a strong storm moving into Western Washington today that you can see on the satellite image. Morning rain is focused along the coast and north of Everett; it will become widespread this afternoon as the cold front ...
Warm rain to lowland snow chance
It is a week of extremes in the weather department. Today is all about the mild heavy rain before a weekend cool down brings the chance of lowland snow. We have warm, wet, and windy storm hitting Western Washington on this Tuesday. Rain will be widespread and steady ...
Stormy start to the weekend
It’s easy to spot on the satellite image; another storm is getting ready to pounce on Western Washington. This will bring widespread rain in a matter of hours with heavy mountain snow starting this evening. We’ll stay mainly dry this morning with any showers light and scattered around the ...
Wild South Sound temperature spread
Have you been enjoying this sunny and mild February weather? It has certainly felt like spring across Western Washington the past 4 days with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees in Seattle. Sea-Tac hit 61 degrees yesterday; the warmest weather since November 9th. We will once again be flirting with ...
Groundhog Day and Western Washington
For the 126th time the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged this morning to give his annual forecast. For Groundhog Day aficionados, today’s forecast was one that Phil has become accustomed to giving. Phil DID see his shadow, meaning 6 more weeks of winter is on the way. Since records began in ...
Cold and wet January in the books
I realize that the headline to this post is not a big shocker. After all, just 2 weeks ago we were digging out of the snow and dealing with an ice storm we haven’t seen the likes of in over 15 years! Now that the calendar has turned another page ...
Wet and windy storm moving in
Even though the snow and ice from last week has left us, we are still locked in a stormy pattern across Western Washington. The rain you’re seeing outside your window this morning is courtesy of a warm front pushing into our area. You can see how widespread this rain is ...
Lowland snow chance this weekend
La Niña Finally Arrives to the Party As you have probably heard by now, we are in the midst of a La Niña pattern this winter. During this weather phenomenon, Western Washington is favored to see cooler and wetter than average conditions during the fall and winter seasons. So far, ...
Morning snow under the convergence zone
The Convergence Zone That Won’t Quit You never want to count the Puget Zone Convergence Zone out. Just when it looks like it’s falling apart and weakening; it will often reignite and start bringing heavier showers once again. That is exactly what happened this morning. During our morning newscast from ...
Wind gusts topping 100 mph on Mt. Rainier
As Chopper 7 was flying to breaking news this morning, photographer Scott Crueger shot this awesome video of Mount Rainier. You can actually see the snow blowing at the top of the mountain. As you can imagine, the top of the mountain often experiences strong winds. The difference earlier today ...
Why the coast was 30 degrees warmer than Puget Sound Monday morning
We have seen an incredible range of temperatures across Western Washington on this Monday morning. This temperature map is from 8 a.m. showing sub-freezing weather across the south sound and an even colder 25 degree reading in Bremerton. As you look at this map, you probably notice that one temperature ...
Active Friday with some New Year showers
It has been an active day of weather if you live between Seattle and Everett. If you live south of Seattle or north of Everett you were likely enjoying some sunshine this afternoon. This shot from the KIRO tower camera on Queen Anne Hill tells the story. Dark clouds were ...
26 days of rainfall in 19 hours
Santa may be back up in the North Pole resting, but KIRO 7 StormTracker is lit up like a Christmas tree on this Tuesday night. We were following heavy rain, especially around the south sound, during our 90 minute newscast earlier this evening. Check out the rainfall totals today. Keep ...
Seattle as dry as Death Valley
Dry as a desert in Seattle Yes, the headline is true; Seattle has been as dry as Death Valley, California this December. The desert famous for its scorching hot temperatures and dry weather is tied with us in the rainfall department… in the middle of our rainy season no less! ...
Unusually cold and dry start to December
Where are the storms? It’s usually the wettest time of the year right now across Western Washington. Behind November and January… December is typically our 3rd wettest month of the year. The first seven days of this December have been anything but usual. A strong ridge of high pressure ...
Visualizing this stagnant weather pattern
Locked in a Mainly Dry Pattern The dry stretch of December weather continues for your Monday. A ridge of high pressure sitting off the coast is dominating our weather. You can follow the plume of moisture over the Eastern Pacific and see it going up into Alaska and British Columbia; ...
One last November storm
Closing Out November The last November storm of 2011 is moving into Western Washington today. You can clearly see the center of low pressure off the British Columbia coast. Compared to the heavy rain and gusty wind we dealt with last week, this storm is packing a much weaker punch. ...
Temporary dry break... Thanksgiving storm coming
What a soaking! 1.76 inches of rain at Sea-Tac yesterday was enough to set a new daily rainfall record. We shattered the previous record of 1.14 inches set back in 2001. With persistent rain overnight, there has been a lot of standing water on the roads for the morning commute. ...
Impressive rain on the way
Getting Ready for a Deluge Just last Wednesday I was writing a blog about the weather we had seen during the first half of November. In that blog I talked about how dry we were during the first 15 days of the month. We had only recorded 0.91 inches of ...
Areas of lowland snow hanging around
Teetering Between Snow and Rain With temperatures hovering just above freezing, it has been a classic rain/snow mix around the Puget Sound lowlands this morning. While many of you have yet to see a flake of snow in the air, others have managed to pick up some snow in their ...
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