From National Weather Service
230 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2009
..EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY.
WITH A STUBBORNLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OR ECLIPSE TUESDAYS RECORD BREAKING MAXIMUMS.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED FOR LOWLAND AREAS. THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES WILL ALSO BE HOT...WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 95 TO 105 DEGREES TODAY. THE WEATHER WILL BE LESS HOT ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES.
IN ADDITION TO THE HOT AFTERNOONS...LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH LITTLE TO NO COOLING INFLUENCE FROM THE OCEAN...AND A SOMEWHAT HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE...NIGHTS WILL REMAIN QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE AWAY FROM THE COAST. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE IN URBAN AREAS SUCH AS PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER. THIS LACK OF OVERNIGHT RELIEF MAY MAKE THIS HEATWAVE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THE CITIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
230 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2009
..EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THURSDAY.
WITH A STUBBORNLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OR ECLIPSE TUESDAYS RECORD BREAKING MAXIMUMS.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED FOR LOWLAND AREAS. THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES WILL ALSO BE HOT...WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 95 TO 105 DEGREES TODAY. THE WEATHER WILL BE LESS HOT ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES.
IN ADDITION TO THE HOT AFTERNOONS...LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH LITTLE TO NO COOLING INFLUENCE FROM THE OCEAN...AND A SOMEWHAT HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE...NIGHTS WILL REMAIN QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE AWAY FROM THE COAST. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE IN URBAN AREAS SUCH AS PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER. THIS LACK OF OVERNIGHT RELIEF MAY MAKE THIS HEATWAVE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THE CITIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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