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Lake Forest Park, Washington Weather

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Lake Forest Park weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Lake Forest Park, WA
Saturday, July 4 at 3:29 PM
68
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
72°
Humidity
64%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
10:16 PM
Sunset
2:10 PM
Lake Forest Park, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake Forest Park, WA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 53 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 53°H 70°
Lake Forest Park, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    68°57°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    72°53°+4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    74°51°+2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    80°50°+6°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    15%
    67°56°-13°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    70°48°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    72°47°+2°
Lake Forest Park, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
284° · veering 41°
Direction
WNW
284°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
2
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 4
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 12 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 218SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Lake Forest Park, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.4
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 30.04 inHg
Now
1017.4
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+1.8
mb
24h
+2.1
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.01015.01017.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Lake Forest Park, WA
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 35 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
2.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
75μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
5.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 35
Lake Forest Park, WA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
39%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
54.2mi
UNLIMITED
62 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
22:29 UTC · Lake Forest Park, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
22:29 UTC · Lake Forest Park, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lake Forest Park, WA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake Forest Park, WA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake Forest Park, WA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:37 AM
Sunrise
10:16 PM
Daylight
15h 54m
Sunset
2:10 PM
Civil dusk
9:51 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lake Forest Park, WA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:18 PM
Moonset
10:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lake Forest Park, WA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Fireweed Ignites

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Lake Forest Park at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Lake Forest Park

  1. Sat68°57°4%
  2. Sun72°53°0%
  3. Mon74°51°0%
  4. Tue80°50°0%
  5. Wed67°56°15%
  6. Thu70°48°7%
  7. Fri72°47°4%
  8. Sat79°52°9%
  9. Sun77°55°6%
  10. Mon80°55°9%
  11. Tue78°54°4%
  12. Wed70°48°4%
  13. Thu79°52°3%
  14. Fri79°58°0%
  15. Sat83°58°0%
  16. Sun79°60°0%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Lake Forest Park

  • 98155

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.