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Monday, July 09, 2007

Excessive heat watch on Tuesday

From the National Weather Service in Portland:
840 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2007
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN COMBINATION WITH OFFSHORE EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON.
TEMPERATURES INLAND COULD BE CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY...WHILE TEMPERATURES AT THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS...THE ELDERLY AND THE INFIRM. AVOID STRENUOUS EXERCISE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
Here are links to the NWS pages for Seattle and Spokane. Note that if you go to a main NWS page for a given city, you can type in another city at the top left of the page.

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