Seattle – Another round of scattered showers to close out our weekend.  Lowland rain will ramp up overnight Saturday with showers lingering into Sunday.  Overall, Sunday will be more dry than wet, but there will be enough instability that we may see some more isolated storms with lightning, small hail and brief downpours of rain. 

Snow levels will remain low, around 2000′ on Sunday.  This late-season winter storm will bring another round of mountain snow tomorrow.  The Winter Storm Warning will expire at 11am with totals by the end of the weekend around a foot of snow.  

Another 4-8″ of snow will be possible throughout the day on Sunday.

Afternoon highs will again be unseasonably cool on Sunday with temperatures topping out in the upper 40’s. Be sure to dress in layers, keeping your rain gear handy. 

Afternoon high temperatures will be in the upper 40s and low 50s on Sunday.

More rain and snow to wrap up the weekend.  A few spotty showers are possible as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  We’ll see a break in the rain by the middle of next week with highs back closer to normal. 

More rain and snow to wrap up the weekend. We’ll see a break in the rain by the middle of next week with highs back near normal.  (FOX13 Seattle)

We have a Seattle Seahawks Saturday signing to tell you about.

Former New Orleans Saints cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles has agreed to terms on a deal to join Seattle, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed but it’s doubtful that it’s anything other than an inexpensive one-year contract.

With Tre Brown leaving for the San Francisco 49ers in free agency and Artie Burns currently unsigned, the Seahawks could use some cornerback depth. Jean-Charles began his career with the Green Bay Packers as a fifth-round pick out of Appalachian State. He made 14 appearances for the Packers, playing 303 of his 343 total snaps on special teams.

After being let go in 2023, the 26-year-old Jean-Charles split time with the 49ers and New Orleans Saints, again mostly featuring on special teams. With the Saints ravaged by injuries at cornerback, Jean-Charles saw significant playing time in 2024, playing nine games and starting twice. He recorded 14 tackles, two passes defensed, and his first career interception on an incredible play against the Carolina Panthers.

More likely than not, Jean-Charles will be fighting for a roster spot in Seattle. There’s not really a whole lot to say about this move other than the expectation that the bottom-end of Seattle’s cornerback room will be revamped a bit.

As the No. 2 overall pick by the New York Rangers in the 2019 NHL Draft, Kappo Kakko entered the league with extremely high expectations. Unfortunately, he didn’t live up to those expectations throughout his time on Broadway.

The Finnish forward joined the Rangers at just 18-years-old, when he realistically should’ve had more time to develop. Kakko had 131 points (61 goals, 70 assists) in 330 regular-season games with New York, an average of around 0.4 points per game. He had some stretches of strong play, but with his season-high in points being just 40, it’s safe to say the Rangers expected more.

In December, they made the decision to move on from Kakko, shipping him off to the Seattle Kraken for defenseman Will Borgen and two 2025 draft picks. However, the change of scenery seems to be working wonders for Kakko.

Since arriving in Seattle, Kakko has been scoring at a rate he never did in New York, recording 23 points (seven goals, 16 assists). That averages out to around 0.68 points per game and 55 points over a full 82-game season, which would shatter his career-high.

His latest goal was one of his best as well. Halfway through the third period in Friday’s game against the Utah Hockey Club, Kakko stole the puck along the boards and scored on the wraparound to give Seattle a 3-2 lead. Fello Finn, Eeli Tolvanen, would later add on an empty-net goal, lifting Seattle to a 4-2 victory at home.

The Kraken are nine points outside the playoff picture with a month to go, and them trading away key pieces such as Yanni Gourde, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brandon Tanev basically ensures that they’ll miss the postseason for the third time in their four-year history.

For a young, developing player like Kakko, though, this experience is incredibly valuable. He’s no longer facing pressure to contribute to a Stanley Cup contender like he was in New York, and can instead develop at his own pace. As a result, he’s playing some of the best hockey of his career.

Kakko is a pending restricted free agent and thus will need a new contract by the summer, but his future in Seattle looks bright regardless.

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