SEATTLE – We had some dark skies around Western Washington today with plenty of rain and wind.  There were even several strikes of lightning this afternoon. 

We had record rainfall totals today for Bellingham and Seattle at Magnuson Park. Rain surpassed 2 inches for numerous spots around Western Washington in just 24 hours.

We had record rainfall totals today for Bellingham and Seattle at Magnuson Park. Rain surpassed 2 inches for numerous spots around Western Washington in just 24 hours.

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Tonight showers continue with pockets of heavier downpours and gusty winds. Lightning has subsided as the sunset has set, losing instability. 

Tonight showers continue with pockets of heavier downpours and gusty winds. 

Showers will stick around overnight along with breezy winds and mild temperatures. We will also see snow in the higher mountain passes. 

Showers will stick around overnight along with breezy winds and mild temperatures. 

A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for the North Cascades through 11am Monday for snow above 4000′. Snow totals are expected to be 5-10″, including for Mt. Baker Ski Area and Washington Pass. 

A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for the North Cascades through 11am Monday for snow above 4000′.

Scattered showers will continue Monday with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms again. Snowflakes can also be expected in the mountain passes including Stevens and White Pass, which could see several new inches of snow. Snoqualmie Pass is looking at just rain/snow mix with little to no accumulation. 

Scattered showers will continue Monday with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms again. 

Monday’s highs will be a few degrees cooler as an upper level trough moves through the area. 

Monday’s highs will be a few degrees cooler as an upper level trough moves through the area. 

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Showers will taper by Monday evening with dry skies continuing into Tuesday.  Partly sunny skies through Tuesday before our next round of rain returns Wednesday through midweek. Right now, next weekend is also looking drier and calmer with only a few shower chances. 

Showers will taper by Monday evening with dry skies continuing in to Tuesday. 

Heading into another long offseason, the frustrations of Seattle Mariners fans are fairly easy to understand.

1) M’s fans are upset that they root for the only team in baseball to have never appeared in a World Series.

2) M’s fans are upset that the current ownership group doesn’t seem to care about that fact, and that it isn’t going out of its way to change it.

Mariners fans would like to see the ownership fully invest in the roster so they can capitalize on this historically good pitching staff and actually make a run at the World Series.

While the M’s have spent in recent years on Julio Rodriguez, Luis Castillo and Robbie Ray, they’ve also seemingly forced the organization to play with one hand tied behind its back. The ownership group has clearly forced the team to work on a strict budget, which has led to the shedding of Ray’s contract. Jerry Dipoto also shed the commitments Marco Gonzales, Evan White and Eugenio Suarez last offseason. Money was also a likely driving force behind not giving Teoscar Hernandez even a qualifying offer last offseason.

While the M’s have let those players go, they’ve brought in bargain-basement guys like Tommy La Stella, AJ Pollock and Luis Urias since a playoff berth in 2022. They didn’t appear to make any real effort at signing Shohei Ohtani last offseason and don’t appear willing to go after Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman or Juan Soto this offseason.

M’s fans have long assumed that the ownership group is more concerned with making money than winning baseball games, and this new graphic from Travis Sawchik of The Score only proves their point.

While Sawchick admits that the numbers are not exact, he says that the Mariners made about $374 million for the 2023 season. The organization then turned around and spent just 44 percent of that ($163 million) on players in 2024. That ranks the M’s in the bottom half of revenue-payroll spending in the league.

The Mets and Dodgers, who spent the highest portion of their revenue on player payroll, both made the National League Championship Series.

As the offseason ramps up, M’s fans will once again be looking for John Stanton and Co. to spend. We’ll see if they actually do it.

The Mariners missed the playoffs by 1.0 game this past season.

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SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken were thoroughly clamped down by the Carolina Hurricanes defense, and Seth Jarvis had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 loss on Saturday night.

Seattle took six penalties on the night as the Hurricanes pressured the Kraken into miscues. They also dominated offensive possession with a 39-19 advantage in shots on the night.

Jared McCann scored his fifth goal of the season on a breakaway chance in the third period to briefly make it a one-goal game, but Jarvis scored on a breakaway of his own minutes later, and Dmitry Orlov added an empty net goal for the Hurricanes.

Joey Daccord had a strong performance in net that helped keep the Hurricanes within reach. He made 35 saves on 38 shots faced on the night as he became the first Seattle goaltender this season to start back-to-back games.

The Hurricanes jumped out front early and did their best to squeeze off any offensive pressure from the Kraken. They dominated play in the neutral zone and managed to break up many of Seattle’s attempts to get the puck up the ice and out of their own zone.

With Brandon Montour in the box for a roughing penalty, Andrei Svechnikov buried a great crossing pass from Martin Nečas for a power play goal and a 1-0 lead. Seattle’s penalty kill unit lost Svechnikov on a zone entry and he had a clean finish behind Daccord to give Carolina the lead just 4:25 into the game.

A high-sticking penalty to Shane Wright kept Seattle on the defensive with Daccord delivering a terrific glove save on a Jack Drury chance to keep the lead from expanding to two.

Matty Beniers and Eeli Tolvenen each got strong shots on net on Seattle’s only power play of the period, and Jared McCann had an open net chance on a Beniers pass just after the penalty expired, but was unable to connect.

McCann was just about the only player to see really dangerous looks for much of the night for the Kraken. He had a good look on a delayed penalty call that was turned aside by Hurricanes’ goalie Frederik Andersen, and a short-handed breakaway chance at the end of the second period that was also stopped by Andersen.

Jack Roslovic had a shot off the post that nearly doubled Carolina’s lead, and shortly thereafter, Drury did make it a 2-0 game for the Hurricanes. A two-on-on-1 chance along with Jackson Blake left Drury all alone on the doorstep for an easy tap-in finish.

Gourde then took a double-minor for a high-stick to Seth Jarvis that led to a four-minute power play chance for Carolina. McCann’s breakaway came during this sequence in the final 10 seconds of the period.

The Kraken killed off the remainder of Gourde’s penalty to open the third period to keep the game in reach.

McCann got a second breakaway look with just under ten minutes remaining and didn’t miss his second shot. A move to his forehand beat Andersen with 9:39 remaining to pull Seattle within one.

Tolvanen quickly had another prime chance in close only to lose the handle on the puck and the opportunity with it. But the momentum stalled after another hooking penalty taken by André Burakovsky. Then with the Kraken pressing for a tying goal, Jarvis broke free behind the Seattle defense as Jordan Martinook flipped the puck cleanly ahead on the breakaway.

McCann’s goal gives him a six-game point streak for Seattle. His five goals are second on the team behind the six of Jordan Eberle.

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