Looks like we're due for a big ol' heatwave in the middle of this week. Kenmore's looking at an expected high of 92, Seattle 96. Here's the warning text, yoinked off of weather.com:
/O.NEW.KSEW.EH.A.0001.070710T1900Z- 070712T0400Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- 326 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2007
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH DAYTIME HIGHS REACHING INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE TACOMA...SEATTLE AND EVERETT AREAS. WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST OF THE TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S POSSIBLE.
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. STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE OR OBTAIN AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF FANS TO HELP CIRCULATE THE AIR. HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AVAILABLE AND AVOID STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
/O.NEW.KSEW.EH.A.0001.070710T1900Z- 070712T0400Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- 326 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2007
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH DAYTIME HIGHS REACHING INTO THE 90S ACROSS THE TACOMA...SEATTLE AND EVERETT AREAS. WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST OF THE TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S POSSIBLE.
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. STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE OR OBTAIN AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF FANS TO HELP CIRCULATE THE AIR. HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AVAILABLE AND AVOID STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.