What is the weather really like in Seattle?

One of my friends is thinking of moving to Seattle. She suffers from seasonal affective disorder. How much is she likely to suffer in Seattle?What is the weather really like in Seattle?
during spring, fall and winter, there is a lot of grey in the sky because weather fronts have trouble getting past the Cascade Mountains causing clouds to hang around for days producing drizzle and light rain with the sun occasionally breaking through, but it remains quite cloudy and SAD is a concern around here...



I did some research to answer a similar question last night and so I think it it may depend on where your friend lives now on how much SAD might affect her here...



http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>



there are some other good answer about the Seattle weather there too!
seattle will be a great place! the weather in the winter is very, very cold though. it's about 45 degrees on average in december and january. it rains the most then too. from january on, the temperature just builds up gradually to about 75 degrees in the summer, which actually is PERFECT weather. not to hot, and not too cold! but it will still rain about an inch during the summer every month.What is the weather really like in Seattle?
I have to agree with everyone else.

Unless she is coming from Alaska, If she currently suffers from SAD it is likely that moving to Seattle will make it worse.



The combination of northern latitude, clouds and rain from September until March can make for a long dark winter.
Seattle has a relatively mild climate. Cold, grey and rainy in the winters and springs; not too warm in the summers and tapering from that back to cold, grey and rainy through the fall. This year, we've had a really long winter and spring - summer has been slow coming and we broke a record with how many days it took for the temperature to go over 75. Last summer, though, we had quite a stretch of days over 90 and into the 100's. And a couple of years ago, we got nearly a foot of snow, but that's practically unheard of.



As for SAD? If she's coming from a different climate that affords her more sunshine, she might re-consider. While it's not as bad here as people might make you think, it is still greyer and rainier than some other places.
Depends on where she's coming from. There are worse places to live, SAD is a big problem, not so much because of lack of daylight hours but from the zillion days a year where the sun never pops thru the clouds.
Well it doesnt snow much here, but it rains all the time hopefully that doesnt affect her disorder.
Though not as bad as places further north, SAD is a problem here.