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Category: Weather

Cat on the prowl during Snowzilla 2016

Seattle’s snowiest February in seventy years draws (inter)national media coverage

February 10th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming, Weather

A roundup of recent national media coverage of the Pacific Northwest’s February 2019 Arctic blast.

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Hurricane Irma roars through Florida

Radar mosaic shows Hurricane Irma pummeling Florida

September 10th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, Public Planning, Unscheduled Programming, Weather

This National Weather Service radar mosaic shows Hurricane Irma’s movement through Florida and into Georgia. Irma first made landfall in the Keys before moving up Florida’s west coast. The storm is now a Category 1 hurricane, but still very dangerous. (NOAA/NWS animation)

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Hurricane Irma takes out beach cam

Witness the incredible fury of Hurricane Irma: Storm knocks out Maho Beach Cam

September 6th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Unscheduled Programming, Weather

Via PTZtv: Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the MahoBeachCam.com camera located at AAA Rent-A-Car in St Maarten. We will rebuild!

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NEXLAB Experimental Satellite -- Visible Imagery for Pac. Northwest US (GOES16)

Your tax dollars at work: New GOES weather satellite imagery available to help forecasters

April 17th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming, Weather

A GOES-16 satellite image of the Pacific Northwest, showing cloud cover over much of the region, via a website created by the College of DuPage.

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A rainy window in Seattle

Pacific Northwest could see monster windstorm this Saturday, after warmup windstorm tomorrow

October 12th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming, Weather

A series of storms are headed towards the Pacific Northwest — and one could be a devastating event that will be “long remembered”, the National Weather Service warns.

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Hurricane Matthew batters Florida

Hurricane Matthew batters Florida

October 6th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning, Unscheduled Programming, Weather
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Cat on the prowl during Snowzilla 2016

Cat on the prowl during Snowzilla 2016

January 24th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Art, Photography, Weather

Cat on the prowl during Snowzilla 2016 (Photo: Joe Newman, using an Olympus OM-D E-M1, reproduced under a Creative Commons license)

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Snow depth map

Snow depth maps show Pacific Northwest has become the powder capital of the USA

December 26th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Weather

Pacific Northwest Automated Model Discussion December 26, 2015   Area Covered By Snow: 68.5%   Area Covered Last Month: 53.8% Snow Depth   Average: 25.4

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National Weather Service Radar Mosaic for Monday, November 7th

Just how big is the rainstorm that’s soaking our region today? Answer: Really big!

December 7th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming, Weather
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Radar mosaic of late August rainstorm

Last night, it rained in the heart of the Pacific Northwest… a lot!

August 30th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming, Weather
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A rainy window in Seattle

Time for a change in the weather! Rain is on its way to the Pacific Northwest

August 27th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Weather

And we certainly do need it! From the National Weather Service: A change to wet and cooler weather is in store for Western Washington… Today

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