TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, WEATHER: Thursday info

6:01 AM: Good morning. It’s Thursday, October 20th.

WEATHER & AIR

Some clouds, some sun today, high temperature in the low 60s, rain still on the way for Friday – possibly up to an inch. As for air quality, we’re still under an alert, and you can check current pollutant levels here.

TRANSIT INFO

Metro buses are on their regular schedules; watch @kcmetroalerts for trip cancellations/reroute alerts.

Still a 2-boat schedule for WSF’s Triangle Route (check here for alerts/updates).

The West Seattle Water Taxi is now on its fall/winter schedule (still daily, all dayparts, but no late Friday/Saturday runs).

SPOTLIGHT CAMERAS

High Bridge – here’s the camera at the top.

High Bridge – the view from its southwest end.

Low Bridge: Open to all.

1st Ave. S. Bridge: The alternate route.

Highway 99: Here’s the northbound side at Lander.

All functional city traffic cams can be seen here, most with video options; West Seattle and vicinity-relevant cameras are also on this WSB page … Are movable city bridges opening for vessels? Check the @SDOTBridges Twitter feed.

If you see trouble on the roads/paths/water, please text or call us (when you can do so safely) – 206-293-6302.

Jay West October 20, 2022 (6:57 am)

Any school closures with the very poor air quality?

WSB October 20, 2022 (8:47 am)

Not that I’ve heard. SPS had a message yesterday about moving PE/sports indoors, though.

CarDriver October 20, 2022 (7:00 am)

WARNING TO ALL. With the rain coming tomorrow roads will be SLICK! Until enough rain has washed away all the gunk it’ll be nasty slick for cars, motorcycles and bikes. My prediction is that WSB and other media will be talking about a LOT of fender benders until people remember driving in rain really is different that driving on a dry road.

sam-c October 20, 2022 (10:05 am)

I know there’s the purple map showing AQI, but has anyone gotten the PS clean air AQI map to work? It’s been out for me, for today and yesterday. I’ve tried on computer and mobile, different browsers. (just shows an image of a jiggling test beaker with bubbles)

Sukie October 20, 2022 (11:47 am)

As for air quality maps, I prefer https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Seattle&state=WA&country=USA for a view. I checked out the purple site referenced in the blog post above and was perplexed by the yellow dots in our mostly purple area only to learn these are sensors within people’s homes. How is that useful?

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