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The Weather Channel forecast for Bainbridge Island starting Sunday, April 21, is sun, sun, and more sun for the indefinite future, which in weather forecasting means a week, or possibly an hour. Still, those graphics of big yellow egg yolks look good. It reminds me of summer, which experience tells me will come. Sunday April…

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Here is the National Weather Service forecast through Sunday night for Bainbridge Island: Wednesday: Showers and 25 mph winds with gusts up to 45 mph. Possible thunderstorms after 11 a.m. A high of 50 degrees F. Wednesday Night: A 40% chance of scattered rain, with some possible thunder. Gusts as high as 48 mph but…

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Last month, high winds and heavy rain combined with a series of king tides caused flooding, accidents, and road closures on Bainbridge. Another series of uber high tides are back, hitting Bainbridge Island Monday January 14 through Thursday January 17. Luckily this time around the weather looks calmer. According to the Washington State Department of…

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This is your chance to kick back and feel good about puting off that laundry and vacuuming! With expected lows in the mid 20s Friday and Saturday night, and daytime temperatures in the 30s, Positive Energy is asking Bainbridge Islanders to power down in the next few evenings, especially between 5 and 8 p.m. when…

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In anticipation of possible snow and icy weather conditions, the Bainbridge Island Public School District is reminding families of its snow bus routes: Blakely Snow Routes 2012-13 Ordway Snow Routes 2012-13 Wilkes Snow Routes 2012-13 BHS-WMS-SA-ODY Snow Routes 2012-13 Because students may be riding on different bus routes during inclement weather, parents are advised to…

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Increasingly cold temperatures and possibly snow are headed our way on Bainbridge Island, according to the National Weather Service: Thursday: A 50% chance of snow showers, with southwest winds 7 to 11 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27 F and northwest winds 9 to 11 mph….

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12:39 p.m. Depending on what weather forecasting source you rely on, we may have a white Christmas of up to 5 inches of snow, a messy slush fest, or mere rain, and lots of it. Here is the forecast for Christmas eve and Christmas on Bainbridge Island from the National Weather Service. They predict possibly…

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11:56 a.m. Commuters had to embark Bainbridge-to-Seattle ferries this morning through the car deck. According to Washington State Ferries Public Relations Coordinator Marta Coursey, a combination of high tides and high winds early today made it too dangerous to connect the elevated walkway at docking on Bainbridge, so walk-on passengers were directed to use the…

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5:22 p.m. As of 3:30 p.m. today, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) reported 18 outages in Kitsap County, affecting about 20,000 customers, mainly in the Bainbridge Island and Poulsbo areas. (Inside Bainbridge was affected by an outage today and had to move its operations.) The Winslow substation was damaged by a fallen tree. Tree crews are…

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12:40 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory warning for Kitsap and several other Western Washington Counties, including King, Jefferson, Clallam, Mason, Thurston, Island, Lewis, Snohomish, Pierce, and Grays Harbor. Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected to continue in our area through Thanksgiving week, tapering off early next week. According to the…

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Our sun is spitting fire right now, with two major flare bursts soaring toward Earth (and Mars) in the wee hours tonight, anywhere between 10:25 p.m. March 7 and 5:25 a.m. March 8. According to NASA, the first flare is traveling at a velocity of approximately 1,300 miles per second and the other at 1,100…

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The National Weather Service is warning that a strong frontal system will bring windy conditions to the coast and much of the Puget Sound region today and tonight. The strongest winds are expected this afternoon through the evening. South winds of 15 to 30 mph may gust up to 45 mph. Expect damage to trees…

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