North Sound Weather Minute

Wildfire smoke is bound to return to the North Sound this season. This Podcast offers what you can do to help reduce the impact from wildfire smoke.

This Podcast highlights the results from the just released 2026 State of the Climate Report. Listen for all the details involving our warming planet, both on land and at sea.

This podcast describes Earth's rotation thru the Perseids, when is the best time to view the most popular meteor event, and the history behind the name - Perseids - quite the love story.

August has arrived and the month is also called the Dog Days of Summer. The weather this week feels like Dog Days and this podcast reviews where this historical phrase originated.

The Blue Angels did not fly at Seafair on Saturday. This Podcast clearly explains why that happened. They did perform their air show on Seafair Sunday.

The ability to see and understand climate information is back! Climate.US is now available, offering a climate dashboard of all kinds of historical data, expert blogs, news stories, classroom materials and more. Listen for all the details on this podcast.

In the North Sound, the original all-time record high temperature at Everett was 17 years ago. The Podcast reviews what happened, why this year is more moderate thus far, and what lies ahead for the rest of this summer.

A weather pattern change will result in a big warm up by midweek this week before another change cools things down. Listen for what actions to take to stay cool and safe during this period of unseasonably warm weather.

This Podcast describes what the latest seasonal weather outlook offers for the North Sound, for the rest of this summer and its impacts, plus into this winter. Steps to take to help avoid wildfire starts are also offered.

Conditions are dry across the region and no rain is in sight. Eastern Washington has already had Red Flag Warnings. Listeners have asked what is that? This Podcast explains this fire weather alert term plus more.

July is here. It is also the warmest and driest time of the year. This Podcast offers some tips for relief from summer heat and how to help avoid wildfire starts.

This Podcast looks back at weather on the Fourth so far this century, offers the forecast for this holiday weekend, and offers safety measures when using fireworks.

The recent warm dry weather plus the limited mountain winter snowpack has local authorities putting outdoor burn bans in place. This Podcast describes the situation, plus the weather outlook for the Fourth of July, and how to avoid fire starts.

This Podcast reflects back on the historic 2021 Heat Dome. Could it happen again? Listen for the answer.

The latest seasonal weather outlook was just released. This Podcast offers what the outlook revealed for this summer, plus what the impacts are likely to be including limited water supplies and a growing wildfire threat. Also, actions to take now are offered.

This Podcast highlights the history of the summer solstice around the world, plus what weather is in store for the first weekend of summer, into next week as well as the summer weather outlook.

Many in the North Sound do not have air conditioning. This Podcast describes how to take advantage of cooler late day sea breezes to help cool down homes.

After late spring 'hot' weather, cooler weather lies ahead later this week. This Podcast describes the change in the weather pattern leading to cooler more seasonable weather plus what is expected after the summer solstice this weekend.

The unseasonably big warm up this weekend will likely result in new record daily high temperatures. This Podcast highlights the warm up, the current record highs, hot weather precautions, and when will it cool down.

The current cool unsettled weather is forecast to dramatically turn around with a big warm up later this week. This Podcast offers all the details including the outlook into mid-June.