laugh all you want, East Coasters, but remember we don’t have household air-conditioning (we’d only need it 4-5 days a year). But when it gets hot, it’s pretty uncomfortable.
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Washington Issued by the National Weather Service:
Excessive Heat Warning
Seattle Bremerton Area (Washington)URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
214 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006
WAZ505-507>509-221200-
/O.CON.KSEW.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060723T0600Z/
/O.CON.KSEW.AS.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060723T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
214 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY…
…AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY…
SATURDAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL COOL ONLY INTO THE MID 60S IN SOME AREAS.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR SO FAR.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
WEATHER WILL OCCUR. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…AVOID OVER-EXERTION…AND
CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS
IN THE VEHICLES…EVEN FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT…AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT
WILL CREATE A TEMPERATURE INVERSION…LIMITING DISPERSION OF
POLLUTANTS. CHECK WITH THE PUGET SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT IS
NOT AN AIR POLLUTION ADVISORY OR FORECAST. AIR POLLUTION
ADVISORIES AND FORECASTS ARE ISSUED BY AIR QUALITY AGENCIES.
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Pushing the water is not a problem: I have quaffed three 16oz glasses in the last hour or so and sweated out at least one.