We all know it was damp and gloomy for a few days last week. At least we had a few breaks in the rain here locally. However, Seattle didn’t fair quite as well with that atmospheric river. They recorded 3.08 inches of rain Friday, which established a new record for the day. It was also the fifth wettest day on record.
Winter arrived Saturday and gave us the shortest day of the year. But Seattle made headline news again with its darkest day on record for the day before the winter solstice. Solar radiation has been recorded at the roof of the University of Washington’s Atmospheric Sciences building since 1999. So, at least it was the darkest day in the past 20 years.
The heavy rain is behind us now, and this week’s weather resumes the cloudy, with intermittent light rain pattern we have had all season.
The air mass is cool so any showers that fall this evening may bring a light dusting of snow in the hills above 1,000 feet. So, if you live in our local foothills, don’t be surprised to wake up to a white Christmas!
