Excessive heat watch from National Weather Service for Puget Sound region
August 14, 2012 · 5:34 PM
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat watch today, Aug. 14, forecasting hot weather Thursday and Friday.
Daytime highs are predicted to reach 91 Thursday and 92 Friday. The weather service is predicting Thursday and Friday may be the hottest days of the year.
Excessive Heat Watch
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
318 PM PDT TUE AUG 14 2012
.HOT WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
WAZ503>512-518-519-151200-
/O.NEW.KSEW.EH.A.0001.120816T1900Z-120818T0600Z/
WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
318 PM PDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL HAVE HIGH
TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOONS.
* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE LOW TO
MID 90S BOTH DAYS IN THE SEATTLE AREA...WITH MID TO UPPER 90S
POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN AREAS. NORTHERN AREAS WILL HAVE HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S.
* IMPACTS...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE LIKELY TO BE AMONG THE HOTTEST
DAYS OF THE YEAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 AND NEIGHBORS.
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