WHY IS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YELLING AT SEATTLE?!
As noted in the Morning News, they've issued a heat advisory upon us for 2 p.m. today through 6 p.m. Thursday. LOOK OUT!!!
OFFSHORE FLOW...WARM AIR ALOFT...LONG DAYS...AND A HIGH EARLY JUNE SUN ANGLE ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE VERY WARM CONDITIONS IN THE SEATTLE-TACOMA-EVERETT AREA. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY ROSE WELL INTO THE 80S TO AROUND 90. EXPECT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO BE ABOUT THE SAME AS TUESDAY...NEAR RECORD LEVELS.THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND AN OFFSHORE BREEZE MOVING DOWN OFF THE CASCADES IS NOT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO COOL OFF MUCH AT NIGHT.
TAKE THAT BLANKIE OFF YOUR BED OR YOU WILL GET SWEATY!
Is 90 degrees really that hot? So hot, we need an advisory? Shouldn't they save this for 117-degree heat waves in New York? What if the midwest needs an advisory, but we used this one and there are none left?!
I leave you with a little more shouting and a few extra ampersands and dollar signs (it's like they grown on trees!) from ALBRECHT. Basically, DON'T JUMP IN A LAKE OR ELSE!!!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND RATHER HIGH HUMIDITY CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE.
STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.REMEMBER THAT AREA LAKES AND RIVERS ARE STILL COLD. ESCAPING THE HEAT BY JUMPING INTO A COLD LAKE OR RIVER CAN LEAD TO DEATH BY HYPOTHERMIA OR DROWNING.
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ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
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