Emerald City Weather Blog

Official Seattle-Area Forecast Analysis from Meteorologist Scott Sistek

Cascades

Weather stories that involve the Cascade Mountains.

Soak it up, sun fans! Stormy pattern looms… Snow geese in front of Mt. Baker as seen from Lynden, Wash. on Oct. 14, 2025.

Snow geese in front of Mt. Baker as seen from Lynden, Wash. on Oct. 14, 2025.

Soak it up, sun fans! Stormy pattern looms…

Scott Sistek October 14, 2025

Sun fans, the clock is ticking. If Monday and Tuesday’s blue-filled skies are your jam, this is...

What does an ‘atmospheric river’ mean? Pineapple Express Satellite Image

Pineapple Express Satellite Image

What does an ‘atmospheric river’ mean?

Scott Sistek October 13, 2025

You’re going to hear meteorologists talk about it a lot in the fall and winter around the...

Remembering the great Columbus Day Windstorm of 1962 Columbus Day Storm Bridge

Columbus Day Storm Bridge

Remembering the great Columbus Day Windstorm of 1962

Scott Sistek October 11, 2025

The weather was active Sunday but it was nothing compared to what was happening 63 years ago...

First Snow Advisory of the season comes to the Cascades Winter Alerts for Oct. 12, 2025

Winter Alerts for Oct. 12, 2025

First Snow Advisory of the season comes to the Cascades

Scott Sistek October 11, 2025

A couple weeks ago it was 75. Now we’re talking snow alerts!? At least for the Cascades,...

La Niña has returned! Here’s the good news it typically means for the Northwest ski season Snow capped mountains

Snow capped mountains

La Niña has returned! Here’s the good news it typically means for the Northwest ski season

Scott Sistek October 9, 2025

NOAA made it official Thursday: La Niña is here. Skiers and snowboarders probably didn’t even need to...

Photographers get incredible full Harvest ‘super’ moon photos around Pacific Northwest Full Harvest Moon rises over a ferry in Kitsap County

Full Harvest Moon rises over a ferry in Kitsap County

Photographers get incredible full Harvest ‘super’ moon photos around Pacific Northwest

Scott Sistek October 7, 2025

KINGSTON, Wash. — Sky watchers have been in for a treat to kick off this week as...

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