Friday AM update: Several stores, including Ballard Market, have been restocking overnight and into this morning. But as you might expect, the lines are still long. Earlier: With the snow apocalypse upon us, Ballard is stocking up in the last remaining hours before the big event. Which, well, should be a big event, but you […]
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Snow and ice close Seattle public schools
Update 11am: We’re now updating on this post — head there to see our continuous updates throughout the day. Update 9:50am: The cold weather and snow have caused problems at the Ballard Locks today: the large lock isn’t currently operational, but they have their maintenance crew working on it. They estimate it will be about five […]

Thousands lose power in Seattle windstorm
8:15 am Ballard remained unscathed through the night, and all of Fremont, Greenwood and Interbay are back with power. In Magnolia, 2,105 customers are still dark. City Light says those outages are due to two trees that fell into a “feeder” and a pole. “Both of these jobs have crews onsite making repairs,” City Light […]

Funnel cloud spotted from Ballard
Matt Crissman was shopping in Ballard around 12:30 p.m. today (Sunday) when he spotted a funnel cloud in the distance to the west. “(I) was about to walk into Fred Meyer and thought, damn, I really need to film this!” he told My Ballard. So naturally, he recorded it on video and posted it on […]
A few Ballard snow photos
Not much snow, but just enough for a few pretty pictures. It’s a little icy out there this morning, but we’re not seeing any disruptions to speak of… A post shared by Woodland Coffee Seattle (@woodlandcoffee) on Feb 22, 2018 at 6:39am PST A post shared by J D Kelleher (@jdkelleherphotography) on Feb 22, 2018 […]

Tree smashes into Loyal Heights Playfield
It’s a good thing the Loyal Heights Playfield is slated to get new equipment, because a large tree landed right on top of the play structure. The tree toppled over in the high winds last night, crushing a bench and coming to rest on top of the structure. Fortunately no kids were playing at the […]
A little snow and wind on a Sunday
5:30 p.m. After a light dusting of snow early this afternoon, the wind has moved into the area. Other than 251 customers who lost power north of Carkeek Park, the Ballard area has been in the clear so far. Here’s the outage map. 12:45 p.m. It’s snowing in Ballard, and forecasters are calling for “trace […]
A little hail under ominous clouds
This is quite the photo shared by KING 5 viewer Kyle Condell in Interbay this afternoon. Moments later, a brief hailstorm moved through Ballard… A post shared by KING 5 (@king5seattle) on Jan 18, 2018 at 5:15pm PST

Briefs: Thunder, mystery noise, Subway bike robbery, Captain America and more…
– THUNDER: Did you hear all the thunder last night? A lightning strike was detected in Wallingford near the QFC, but no damage was reported. There were no strikes detected in the Ballard area. – MYSTERY NOISE: My Ballard reader Noreen sent us a note asking about all the noise near 65th and 24th in […]
Ballard blanketed in Christmas snow
Updated: For the first time since 2008, snow covered Seattle on Christmas Eve. You couldn’t ask for a better snow event: just enough on the ground to set us up for a beautiful white Christmas — and light snow showers continued into this morning. A post shared by Francesca Fabile Minas (@frankieminas) on Dec 24, […]
Most power outages in Ballard area restored
1 p.m. All but 8 customers in the Golden Gardens outage have been restored. 5:30 a.m. A small area around Golden Gardens remains without power at this hour — 118 customers — as well as a couple small outages scattered in Ballard. Here’s the outage map. 6 p.m. Power has been restored to the largest […]
Snow in the forecast for Sunday AM
Update: Well, no snow in our area — this time. Earlier: The National Weather Service says Seattle could get up to 2 inches of snow overnight into Sunday morning, especially areas above 200 feet. A winter weather advisory will be in effect from midnight to 10 a.m. Which means we could get nothing… or wake […]
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