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Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. It's hard to ignore the weather this week. I'm in a t-shirt. I had to dig out my sunglasses. It's nice, but it's not normal.

Washington is having one of its warmest winters in recent history.

We've got a National Weather Service meteorologist here to explain what this means for our region.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Olympic media. Olympic marmits are exclusive to Washington State, but their numbers are dropping.

If you haven't seen one, they look like a brown, chunky squirrel that chirps and screams.

They're all over, Olympic National Park.

Now the feds are considering whether the Olympic marmots should be added to the endangered species list. Researchers think the current

population ranges between 2,000 to 4,000 marmits, with about 60% of known colonies disappearing

over recent decades. Fish and wildlife will now conduct its own research and studies to

determine whether to list the Olympic Marmot as endangered or threatened. Final reminder,

the Seahawks Championship Parade gets underway at 11 a.m. No matter where you're going today,

plan your route before you hop in the car. Consider the following. Every one of the more than 20 roads on the parade route between Washington and Cedar will be closed during the parade. If you're taking the bus, you may need to walk a few extra blocks. Light rail trains between Linwood and Federal Way will run through downtown every six minutes until 6 p.m.

The Sounder will be taking extra trips this morning.

And you have a chance to own a piece of Seattle's movie theater history this week.

SIF plans to auction off movie posters from the recently closed SIF Cinema Egyptian

and the Harvard Exit Theater, which closed in 2015.

Among the stack, John Wayne's Rio Bravo, a James Dean triple feature and an American in Paris.

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