The final days of the summer season are here until the fall equinox on Monday, September 22. Days are getting shorter and nights longer.

This time of year, each day is shorter by close to three and a half minutes, a subtle reminder that the winter season is not far away. That fact is why September is National Preparedness Month, the best time to prepare for whatever nature throws at us in the coming months—in advance.

Western Washington’s fall and winter weather often involves heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides, along with strong, damaging windstorms, and lowland snow and ice. These kinds of adverse weather are the key reason to prepare ahead of time.

The latest seasonal weather outlook reflects that a weak La Niña is set to return for this winter. La Niña is the opposite sibling

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