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Video shows weather blog's most visually stunning entries of past year

I had the honor and privilege of being one of the guest speakers at the Seattle Mariners' Weather Education Day event on Wednesday at Safeco Field just before the game. And for my speech, I presented a "weather highlight" reel that featured some of the best video and images -- many of it from readers -- that have appeared in this blog over the past year.

Annular eclipse makes for some super spooky shadows

Many of us saw the amazing photos of the annular eclipse on Sunday, but while those "ring of fire" images sure look unusual, I think this might qualify as eerily spooky.

Beware the 'June Gloom'?

Late last week, the long range forecasters at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released their new 30- and 90-day forecasts for the upcoming summer. And for the Pacific Northwest, it would appear that our sunny and summery mid-May was more of a tease than a sign of things to come -- at least in the short term.

The 30-day forecasts for June are showing an above average chance of cooler than normal temperatures across the Pacific Northwest (specifically, a 50 percent chance of cooler than normal June, a 33 percent chance of a normal June, and just a 17 percent chance of a warmer than normal June.)

Partial annular solar eclipse set for Sunday

Our streak of six consecutive weekends of mostly sunny weather is about to end at the most inopportune time -- right before the Pacific Northwest gets treated to at least a partial solar eclipse Sunday evening.

This eclipse isn't a "total" solar eclipse, where the moon is relatively the same size as the sun and covers it perfectly. Instead, this is an "annular" eclipse in that the moon is near its farthest away point in its elliptical orbit around Earth (remember the "Supermoon" two weeks ago? It's the opposite end of the spectrum this weekend) and thus will be relatively a little bit smaller than the sun, not covering it all the way when it slides in front.

Surprise Convergence Zone brings stormy night to a few

I'm going to bet there might be some puzzled looks around the water cooler on Friday.

"Wow, Ed, what did you think of that storm last night? I thought our home by Boeing Field was going to wash away. And then the big boom of thunder. Amazing! I thought the forecast was for clear skies."

Future meteorologists (and master chefs?) help explain Colorado's warm March

While we were enduring a rather wet and chilly March, the rest of the nation was basking in record warmth.

That included Ft. Collins, Colorado. I could tell you more in boring text, but instead, let's let Charlotte and Eva Jane from Dunn Elementary in Fort Collins fill you in on their record-breaking month:

Need to find sun on rainy days? This site will help

Sequim boasts 300 days of sunshine a year, thanks to its prime location inside the Olympic Rain Shadow. Although I'm dubious Sequim gets 300 full sunshine days -- maybe if they count a peek of sun, but 300 days is more than Phoenix -- I do concur that Sequim gets a whole lot more sunshine than their Seattle counterparts.

And now, thanks to David Britton, you can find out just how much sun by a click of the button.

Smile, sun fans! Warmth proves it's not your 2011 spring... or 2010... or 2008..

Apparently the number of sun fans smiling at the most recent forecast is infectious -- even the sky is smiling!

And why not? We haven't even hit the halfway point of May and already, Seattle has seen some warmth not seen this early in the year in at least two years.

4 waterspouts suggest perhaps not best day to be boating in Alabama

It's enough to make a boater's heart jump at the sight of a waterspout off your bow, but four of them at the same time?

Take a look at this photo above captured Wednesday morning by Twitter user @tbJowers shows four concurrent waterspouts over Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama.

Frequent sunshine helping Monday improve its scornful reputation?

It's gotta be tough being Monday. Of all the days of the week, Monday is nearly universally loathed as the end of the weekend. (Oh sure, it gets Monday Night Football, but that's only four months of the year, and they're not exactly the nicest weather months.)

But at least in Seattle, Monday is making a bid for your heart.