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A short Seattle summary for Apr 19, 12:55 PM. Use Brief when you want the calmer daily read across weather, movement, alerts, and events. If you only need the fastest check, open Now instead.
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Updated Apr 19, 12:55 PM. Refreshes about every 15 minutes.
Weather is 66F with partly cloudy and wind near 6 mph.
5 Seattle-area travel alerts and 3 ferry notes are active. Ferry travel is the strongest travel page. Sea/BI - Low Tide Restrictions for Bainbridge on April 19
The I-5 express lanes are operating northbound-only during the northbound I-5 Ship Canal Bridge preservation work, which has reduced the I-5 mainline to two lanes across the bridge, to help maintain northbound freeway capacity. is the top alert in this brief.
Mariners vs Texas Rangers at T-Mobile Park is the clearest current event item.
Next tide: Low -2.8 ft • 12:58 PM.
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The I-5 express lanes are operating northbound-only during the northbound I-5 Ship Canal Bridge preservation work, which has reduced the I-5 mainline to two lanes across the bridge, to help maintain northbound freeway capacity. is the clearest issue needing attention in this brief.
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Seattle brief for Apr 19, 12:55 PM Weather: 66F, Partly cloudy, wind 6 mph Next tide: Low -2.8 ft • 12:58 PM Top alerts: - The I-5 express lanes are operating northbound-only during the northbound I-5 Ship Canal Bridge preservation work, which has reduced the I-5 mainline to two lanes across the bridge, to help maintain northbound freeway capacity. (WSDOT • high) - Daily from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, the right lane of southbound State Route 513/Montlake Bridge will close from Northeast Pacific Street to East Shelby Street (milepost 0) for maintenance. (WSDOT • low) - Sea/Brem/Bain - Update - ADA Alert - Elevator #4 Along Alaskan Way Repaired (WSF) - Sea/Brem/BI- Construction inside Colman Dock terminal through early April (WSF) Featured events: - Mariners vs Texas Rangers at T-Mobile Park (Apr 19, 1:10 PM) - International Children's Friendship Festival (Apr 19, 11:00 AM) - Seattle Center Sculpture Walk 2026 (Apr 19 · All day) Produced at: 2026-04-19T19:55:37.508Z Cache TTL: 900 seconds
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