The semi-drizzle of Seattle

By Jack Brummet

I've been loving the rain in Seattle tonight. Actually, it's not rain, but a notch below a drizzle and a couple of slots below a sprinkle. . .that misting, intermittent precipitation where you can almost count the raindrops. In the rain hierarchy, something between Defcon 4 and 5, where DefCon 5 is maybe a light fog.  (A friend wrote to me: That's the rain I loved when I lived in Seattle and have missed ever since. Never happens in Spokane).

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Seattle experiences 10.5" of rain (more than a quarter of its annual total) since November 9th

By Jack Brummet, Precipitation Editor

Seattle receives around 38" of rain a year (making us the 44th rainiest city in the U.S., even though many people would name Seattle No. 1). In the last 11 days, we've had 10.5" of rain..nearly 1/4 of all rain that will fall here this year. I'm still loving the rain festival.

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