Weather

Helene strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday and is expected to strengthen further – potentially becoming a major hurricane – before making landfall over Florida on Thursday. Life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, torrential rain, and flooding are possible.

It was a wet day for Western Washington as our first fall frontal system moved through Wednesday.

The large storm will bring widespread heavy rain, damaging wind and possible tornadoes to cities in the Southeast, including Atlanta and Asheville, North Carolina.

As Hurricane Helene approaches the U.S., the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina has opened its campgrounds to evacuees seeking shelter from the storm.

Tropical Storm Helene is nearing hurricane strength just offshore of the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula toward the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). It's expected to become a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) before making landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday.

Following above-average season temperatures, we look at steady midday showers, gusty winds and cooler temperatures Wednesday.

Sunsets after 7 pm are coming to an end as fall has arrived in Seattle.

It is going to feel like summer in the Puget Sound area Tuesday, with plenty of sunshine and high temperatures soaring into the 70s and 80s.

Fall has arrived and areas in western Washington are starting to see some fall foliage. Here's when those fall colors are expected to peak this year.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine formed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on Monday morning and is forecast to become a hurricane later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Sunny and warm fall day Tuesday with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s.

The calendar officially says fall, but Mother Nature is still serving up summery weather in Seattle. Highs on Tuesday will soar to almost 80 degrees!