West Seattle Weather Watch: Lightning, thunder, rainbows

(Thanks to Karl for the rainbow photo from Westwood Village)
4:53 PM: Yes, that was thunder, as a storm cell moves through the area – we saw a big bright bolt of lightning a bit northwest of us a few beats before the boom. No special weather alerts but the forecast overall did warn of a chance of thunderstorms.

5:13 PM: Longtime WSB’er “MetPatrick” is watching the charts and warns of another one that appears to be headed this way.

6:21 PM: Did you catch the hail (ice pellets) and downpour? If you use the Periscope livestreaming app, be sure to follow @westseattleblog – we were experimenting during all that. Meantime, thanks to everyone who’s sent rainbow photos – we’re adding a few here!

3 Replies to "West Seattle Weather Watch: Lightning, thunder, rainbows"

  • Deb Barker May 5, 2015 (5:12 pm)

    The ‘nervous’ dog slept right through through the boom and the cat just yawned.

  • JoB May 5, 2015 (5:52 pm)

    i was worried when i saw the hail.. but it was quickly followed by water so i doubt it did much damage to the garden. and to think i nearly gave up and put the sprinkler on to deep water the front garden around 4 :-)

  • Mark May 5, 2015 (6:00 pm)

    It just hailed a bit near High Point. Eck. At least they were small pellets.

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