North Central Washington

Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties now have burn bans in place until the end of September.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the chance for fires here is much lower, even with incoming hot weather.

In many people's minds, there's nothing quite as American as baseball, expect apple pie perhaps! And speaking of baseball and apples, those two things also go together in a most interesting way right here in North Central Washington. Now our part of the state hasn't produced nearly as many major league baseball players as the big cities on the Westside, but NCW does have a handful it proudly lays

With plenty of party sunny skies with passing April showers in the weather forecast for the days ahead, conditions are shaping up to be perfectly ripe for a little rainbow hunting! Now more often than not, rainbows aren't really something we can search down; the vast majority of them simply appear before our eyes from seemingly out of nowhere...

The wind will be changing from the west-southwest over the course of the day with precipitation coming to most areas.

Department of Transportation spokesperson Lauren Loebsack says the paving project on U.S. 2 at Stevens Pass is benefitting from good weather.

The watch covers the east slopes of the Cascades and the mountainous areas across the Okanogan Highlands.

Meteorologist Steve Bodnar with the National Weather Service says the seven straight days of 100 degree plus weather in Wenatchee is in the record books.

It's become a six-day event, which National Weather Service meteorologist Chad Shafer calls highly unusual.