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Seattle has been less rainy than L.A. this year — but for how long?21:55 Despite rain in Seattle's forecast through the end of April, meteorologists predict above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation in the coming weeks. Martian skies over Athens? Greece’s capital turns an orange hue with dust clouds from North Africa25.dubna Skies over southern Greece have turned an orange hue as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. When red-hot isn’t enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level23.dubna U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger. UN labor agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world’s workers22.dubna The U.N. labor organization is warning that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. Western WA weather: 70-degree temps and (maybe) the Lyrid meteor shower19.dubna Find those sunglasses, because Mother Nature is swinging Western Washington from winter’s grasp at night and into summer’s gaze by day. WA declares statewide drought emergency following poor snowpack16.dubna Officials are bracing for a dry summer ahead as snowpack, which Washington relies for drinking water, hydropower and more, sits at perhaps the lowest level in a decade. Seattle’s 8 p.m. sunsets are here — and so are showers and colder weather15.dubna The year's first 8 p.m. sunset in Western Washington is a sign of summer gradually inching nearer. Still, a springlike chill is on its way to the Seattle area. Seattle’s 8 p.m. sunsets are coming soon14.dubna This weekend will see higher temperatures and clear skies as the first 8 p.m. sunset of the year approaches. Severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley after battering the South11.dubna Powerful storms are rumbling over parts of the southeastern U.S. as more severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley. Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi11.dubna Officials in a Louisiana city are assessing the damage from a tornado spawned by a system of severe weather also blamed for a death in Mississippi and damage from Texas to the Florida panhandle. Seattleites escape clouds, chase solar eclipse across the continent9.dubna Got clouds? No problem! Seattleites who traveled to the path of totality Monday were treated with the sight of the last total solar eclipse visible from North America for two decades. Eclipse 2024 weather in Western WA: Clouds, clouds and more clouds8.dubna Those looking skyward across Western Washington on Monday will see varying shades of gray, as high and midlevel clouds move in while the eclipse is taking place. |