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'Alien-like' lenticular clouds put on another show
May 31, 2012 at 6:51 AM PDT
What's the greatest daily temperature spread in Seattle history?
May 29, 2012 at 8:21 PM PDT
Some extraordinary views of thunderstorms near Portland
May 28, 2012 at 5:47 PM PDT
Friday's thunderstorms show off some amazing clouds
May 26, 2012 at 1:33 AM PDT
Tornado during Kansas wedding brings new definition to 'whirlwind romance'
May 24, 2012 at 8:29 PM PDT
Video shows weather blog's most visually stunning entries of past year
May 23, 2012 at 5:00 PM PDT
Annular eclipse makes for some super spooky shadows
May 22, 2012 at 6:50 AM PDT
Beware the 'June Gloom'?
May 21, 2012 at 9:21 PM PDT
Partial annular solar eclipse set for Sunday
May 18, 2012 at 6:44 PM PDT
Surprise Convergence Zone brings stormy night to a few
May 18, 2012 at 6:45 AM PDT
Future meteorologists (and master chefs?) help explain Colorado's warm March
May 17, 2012 at 6:19 PM PDT
Need to find sun on rainy days? This site will help
May 15, 2012 at 7:43 PM PDT
Smile, sun fans! Warmth proves it's not your 2011 spring... or 2010... or 2008..
May 11, 2012 at 7:38 PM PDT
4 waterspouts suggest perhaps not best day to be boating in Alabama
May 9, 2012 at 9:21 PM PDT
Frequent sunshine helping Monday improve its scornful reputation?
May 7, 2012 at 7:16 PM PDT
'Supermoon' puts on show in Seattle
May 6, 2012 at 8:36 AM PDT
It's not just any old full moon this weekend; it's a 'Supermoon'!!
May 4, 2012 at 6:24 PM PDT
Soaker of a Thursday breaks several rainfall records
May 4, 2012 at 5:30 PM PDT
La Nina (part 2) dies at 246 days
May 3, 2012 at 6:43 PM PDT

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Weather Photos: International Space Station captures more incredible views of Earth (Photo Gallery)

By Scott Sistek Published: Jun 18, 2013 at 6:30 AM PDT

Weather ''Baked Alaska'': 90-96° temps shatter all-time records

By Scott Sistek Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 11:00 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 18, 2013 at 10:51 AM PDT

Many people head to Alaska to visit the snow-capped mountains and awe-inspiring glaciers.

Monday, sitting on a glacier might not have been a bad idea.

A major ridge of high pressure brought intense heat to south-central Alaska with four towns experiencing heat never before felt in their record-keeping history.

Weather For 2nd month in a row, Seattle sets obscure all-time weather record

By Scott Sistek Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 11:10 AM PDT

For the second month in a row, Seattle has managed to set an obscure, but all-time weather record. And once again, it goes with the prevailing theme of super nice weather to begin a month, then paying for it as the month draws to a close.

In May, it was the first 11 days with zero rain and being warmer than 65 degrees.

This month, the first 14 days of June have had high temperatures of 68 degrees or warmer -- the first time that's ever happened in the 68 years of Sea-Tac Airport records, according to meteorologist Jason Phelps. That record has since been stretched to 16 days with a chance of the 17th coming Monday.

Weather Photos: Rainbow halos galore around the Puget Sound region Saturday (Photo Gallery)

By Scott Sistek Published: Jun 15, 2013 at 1:51 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 16, 2013 at 9:24 PM PDT

You've all seen rainbows on those days where it's raining and the sun's out at the same time. But what about those times when you see a rainbow-like halo around the sun or moon?

It's the same physics, really. The halos (or, sometimes known as "sundogs" around the sun) are usually seen when there are high cirrus clouds overhead.

Those clouds are made of tiny ice crystals, which will refract the sunlight much like a prism will and voila! You have a rainbow halo around the sun.

Weather Northern Lights video shows Seattle is perhaps too bright at night?

By Scott Sistek Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 6:44 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 11:18 AM PDT

Don Jensen had a neat idea when the Northern Lights came out in early June: Use Mt. Rainier as a tall dividing line to showcase how the city lights of the Seattle metro area can interfere with viewing the aurora.

But more than that, Jensen wondered if our city really needs to be so bright.

His 17-second video was captured the night of June 6 into the morning of June 7 and shows roughly four hours of night activity over our tallest volcano.

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