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Seattle Meteorologist / Weather Journalist at Emerald City Weather Blog // Spokesperson for Seattle's rain fans. //Tweets my own.

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Scott is a Senior Digital Content Producer and meteorologist for FOX Weather, based in the Seattle area.

Scott earned his degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington and started at KOMO-TV two days after graduating. He would spend 20-plus years there, first as weather producer, then helping build the station weather brand online through writing daily online forecasts and eventually through his "Partly to Mostly Bloggin' " weather blog. He also co-authored the book "Somewher…

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Here’s the ‘script’ Super El Niño’s have used for past Seattle winters. Now, toss it out.

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By Scott Sistek Verified
| Emerald City Weather Blog
Current Sea Surface Temperature anomaly showing a distinct warm El Nino event under way (NOAA) Another month, another prediction from NOAA solidifying that the current El Niño under way will become historic and potentially record shattering. But the main question many still have is: What does that mean for us? For this blog, I wanted to tackle three items that might help grasp the situation at hand.
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Seattle to get soaked this weekend, then it’s summer’s weekly ‘going out of business’ sale

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By Scott Sistek Verified
| Emerald City Weather Blog
GOES-18 satellite image of large area of low pressure heading into the Pacific Northwest on Sept. 12, 2026. (NOAA/ CIRA/ RAAM-B) September is usually the time when there’s a tug of war between summer’s last, desperate grasps and autumn’s impending takeover. Well, there’s going to be a BIG TIME tussle this week! As we’re about to go from steady, pouring November-type rains to a flashback to summer heat(ish) just a few days later.
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Sunny, warm Wednesday to give way to more weekend rain in Seattle… and then come the 40s?

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By Scott Sistek Verified
| Emerald City Weather Blog
Sunny day in Seattle on Sept. 8, 2026. (Space Needle Web Camera) It’s hard to please everyone when it comes to a Seattle forecast, but the next week may come pretty close. Sun fan? Check. Rain fan? Check. 70s/near 80 for highs? Check 60s for highs? Check. 40s at night… Check….? (Really?!?) 90+ heat? Check… a calendar Snow? You too… The sun and warm fans better hurry up to soak up your weather because it’s fleeting — at least the 70s/near 80 part.
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