I worked in the Bay Area for many years (KNTV) and I lived right along the SF coast. But my favorite “extreme” weather is the west coast marine layer. Taught us not to skip school so readily…! What is your favourite and least favourite type of weather?

We then took shelter in another overturned bus until one of the girl’s dads came at midnight to get us. We finally got to Bellevue, and waited an hour in line to make a pay phone call. I vividly recall lightning over the Lake–we had some rare thunder-snow thanks to a powerful Puget Sound Convergence Zone. We finally decided to hike the bridge to get back home…I remember the three of us walking in heels and skirts across the snow-covered, wind blasted bridge, with ice cold water splashing up over the sides (again, this is one of Seattle’s famous FLOATING bridges–it’s right at water level). This was long before cell phones, and our parents had no clue where we were. Another one came to get us about an hour later, but then it got stuck on the 520 floating bridge over Lake Washington for FOUR HOURS. We got on our city bus to go back home, but it jackknifed on the ice and got stuck. I remember the snow started swirling while we were on the holiday carousel early that afternoon, and a few flakes quickly turned into a full on BLIZZARD. My best friends and I took the bus downtown to go Christmas shopping. My most memorable weather event: getting stuck in a major snowstorm in downtown Seattle, while skipping school my senior year of high school. You can read her full bio here.įollow Shannon on Twitter or check out her Facebook page What was your most memorable weather event? Shannon is a broadcast meteorologist at KOMO in Seattle and a research meteorologist and instructor at the University of Washington. Q and A with Shannon O’Donnell Meteorologist at in Seattle

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