The 2026 Boeing Seafair Air Show begins Friday, lasting through the weekend, over Lake Washington near Genesee Park, with the Blue Angels headlining all three days. But meteorologist Scott Sistek is warning those who will attend the event that rare early August rain could be in play on Saturday.
“I am somebody who’s always like the rain,” Sistek said on “Seattle’s Morning News.” But there’s one weekend a year where it’s like, ‘Can we maybe not have rain?’ It’s this weekend. And another aside to this is, a lot of the wedding venues know this is a good weekend, and so they book this weekend very early for their weddings in case people are like, ‘Oh, we guarantee you it’s not going to rain. There’s like a less than 10% chance it’s going to happen.’”
But periods of rain are expected Saturday morning into midday, with a Puget Sound Convergence Zone expected to keep showers going in Snohomish County into the night. A few lingering showers are additionally possible Sunday morning…