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Seattle area sees first snow of winter; travel delays reported

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11 months ago

February 3, 2025

Seattle area sees first snow of winter; travel delays reported

Snow flurries moved over Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on Sunday part of a multiday atmospheric river slamming the West Coast from the Pacific Ocean.

SEATTLE – Seattle saw its first snow of the season this weekend as rounds of winter weather pelted Washington state, part of a multiday atmospheric river event.

Flurries were flying around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) Sunday afternoon. This was the first snow for low-elevation communities in the Puget Sound region this winter.

“A little later than average,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera noted.

The winter weather brought on delays and cancellations at Sea-Tac Airport that extended into Monday morning.

POWERFUL ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS DRENCH CALIFORNIA AS SNOW BLANKETS NORTHWEST

Air travel stats as of 6 a.m. PT on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

(FOX Weather)

The Seattle office of the National Weather Service warned drivers that lingering snow could turn into black ice due to freezing temperatures overnight.

On Monday morning, Interstate 90 going westbound toward Seattle was closed near Easton, Washington, east of Snoqualmie Pass, due to a jackknifed tractor-trailer, according to social media reports from the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT).

School districts across western Washington were operating with delays Monday morning.

SHOULD YOU WARM UP YOUR CAR ON COLD DAYS BEFORE DRIVING?

I-90 westbound closed near near Eaton, WA closed east of the Snoqualmie Pass (Photo Credit: SnoqualmiePass/X).

WSDOT was clearing ice on Monday morning from State Road 18 at the Tiger Mountain Pass west of Seattle. Vehicles were stalled due to snow and ice on that road late Sunday afternoon. SR-18 remained closed early Monday morning.

Ice cleared from SR-18 Tiger Mountain Pass west of Seattle, WA after Atmospheric River dumped snow and ice (Video Credit: WSDOT/X).

Snow was spotted in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood on Sunday afternoon. Seattle is generally protected from large snow accumulations due to warm air from the Pacific Ocean and Puget Sound.

Colder air from Canada was able to push through this weekend, allowing for snow.

Shelters and warming centers were opened across several counties this weekend for people experiencing homelessness or others in need of a warmup.

DRIVING ON THE ICE AND SNOW

Snow Sunday afternoon in the First Hill area of Seattle, WA, part of multi-day Atmospheric River event (Video Credit: @rdyfrde via Storyful).

Snow persisted into the late hours of Sunday evening in Tacoma, Washington, enough to keep the pavement wet.

Snow Monday morning in Tacoma, WA, part of multiday Atmospheric River event (@WashingtonWAWX/X).

North of Bellingham, Washington, driving snow and howling wind continued into Monday morning as shown in the video below from Ferndale, Washington. The city reminded people on social media over the weekend to stay off the roads.

Snow in Ferndale, WA early Monday morning, part of multiday Atmospheric River (Video Credit: @47Nekatt47/X).

Snow began falling as early as Saturday morning north of Seattle in Mukilteo, Washington. The video below was taken around 3 a.m. local time Saturday.

More snow from the multiday atmospheric river is expected in Washington from late Monday into Tuesday night. This will bring colder air from the Gulf of Alaska, and snow could impact travel at higher elevations along Interstate 5 on Tuesday night.

Snow spotted early Saturday in Mukilteo, WA north of Seattle part of a multi-day Atmospheric River event.

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49ers Set to Face the Seattle Seahawks in Divisional Round

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10 hours ago

January 11, 2026

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49ers Set to Face the Seattle Seahawks in Divisional Round

The San Francisco 49ers will continue their postseason run, next up against the No. 1 seed Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field for the NFC Divisional Round.

The 49ers defeated the No. 3 seed Philadelphia Eagles on the road during Wild Card Weekend. With the win, San Francisco advances to the NFC Divisional Round. As the lowest seed in the conference, the 49ers will face the top seed team, the Seahawks. San Francisco and Seattle will meet for the third time this season, the 49ers taking the first matchup and the Seahawks taking the second. Winner of the Divisional Round will advance to the NFC Championship, the final round ahead of Super Bowl LX at Levi’s® Stadium.

Time, date, and broadcast information for the 49ers vs. Seahawks Divisional Round contest will be announced following the conclusion of the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend.

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Seahawks Will Host Rams Or 49ers In Divisional Round

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22 hours ago

January 11, 2026

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Seahawks Will Host Rams Or 49ers In Divisional Round

The Seahawks will host an NFC West opponent in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Whether that opponent is the Rams or the 49ers will be determined on Sunday when the 49ers play the Eagles in Philadelphia. Also still to be determined is the date and time of the game.

The Rams, who are the No. 5 seed, beat the Panthers on Saturday to advance, and since Seattle, as the No. 1 seed, hosts the lowest-seeded team that advances out of the wild card round, the sixth-seeded 49ers would come to Lumen Field if they win on Sunday. If the Eagles win, however, the Rams would come to Seattle, while the Eagles would head to Chicago to face the Bears, who beat the Packers on Saturday night.

The Seahawks split the season series with both teams, losing to the 49ers in Week 1 and the Rams in Week 11 before beating the Rams in Week 16 and the 49ers in Week 18 as part of a seven-game winning streak that helped them win the NFC West and earn the No. 1 seed.

Next weekend’s game at Lumen Field will be the Seahawks’ first home playoff game with fans in the stadium—they hosted a wild card game in an empty stadium following the 2020 regular season—since they beat the Lions in the wild card round during the 2016 season. Prior to that empty-stadium loss to the Rams five years ago, the Seahawks won 10 consecutive home playoff games dating back to the start of their Super Bowl run in 2005. The Seahawks have reached the Super Bowl in each of the three previous seasons that they earned the No. 1 seed.

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Paul Arriola, Pedro de la Vega and the Seattle Sounders return in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

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January 10, 2026

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Paul Arriola, Pedro de la Vega and the Seattle Sounders return in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Forgotten. Absent. Inconsistently healthy. Weights of expectation.

These heroes offered glimpses and scenes of their greatness in 2025.

Paul Arriola, X Man

Paul Arriola gave us a glimpse of his former greatness before his injury. Once a DP, once the highest value transfer within MLS, once recruited to skip MLS entirely for what was at the time a much better league, Arriola’s all comps contributions per 90 would compare to wingback style players Jordi Alba and the now-gone Ali Ahmed.

Arriola slides right in that space, with his 0.57. Now, a discerning reader such as yourself will imagine small sample sizes and opponent quality. You would be correct. But Paul also put up similar numbers in MLS in 2018, 2021 and 2022. His time in MLS as a whole is .40/90 (in the realm of last season’s Christian Espinoza).

Defining Arriola’s role is always going to be hard. He’s played as many wide roles as exist in the modern game. With Seattle, he could be a left or right winger in a four-front if they choose to run a 3-2-4-1, or a wingback in a 3-4-2-1 or a conventional winger in a 4-2-3-1. No matter his role, he’s been strong. His calls to the US National Team ran every year from age 20-27, when he put up better numbers there than he did in league play. He’s now 30.

Pedro de la Vega, the injury saga

Sounders fans know how bright Pedro can burn. So do, Lanus fans, Argentina fans, Cruz Azul fans, Santos Laguna fans, Tijuana fans, Puebla, Galaxy, Inter Messi and a smattering of other MLS teams. The Leagues Cup player of the year and wonder goal nominee is absolutely thrilling, when available.

Lanus, Argentina and Seattle also know his history of injuries. Injuries are why he’s in Seattle.

PdlV only played 41% of available minutes in all competitions. A healthy winger of his quality should be around 66% or so. His absolutely stellar all comps performance of 0.72 is on par with Hany Mukhtar, at 20th in MLS play. Pedro is ahead of Diego Rossi, Djordje Mihailovic, and Dejan Joveljić.

When you think about how the Seattle Sounders will make up ground for the inevitable decline of Danny Musovski the names Arriola and de la Vega should be bandied about.

They weren’t merely better than the people who replaced them on the Sounders – they’re better than the majority of high-profile players in the league.

In 2025 Craig Waibel raised the floor and the peak. Injuries gave us only a few glimpses of that peak.

2026 is when the multi-competition heroic Sounders can once again show their prowess and why their presence as a top tier club is eternal.

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