I think most everyone is liking our current weather pattern, a few warm days, a few cooler days and so on. No excessive heat but just pleasant. We continue that pattern this week, but I have a weather eye on the weather toward the weekend. Some forecast models are showing highs in the 90s on Friday and Saturday.
Monday’s temperatures in the afternoon in the 70s were ideal for me, although the average high for this date is 80 degrees. We are in the dog days of summer now so excessive heat can be expected.
I was looking back ten years ago today what I was writing about, and in 2007, we were in an 100-degree heat wave. In fact, the National Weather Service in Portland issued the first Excessive Heat Wave Warning.
In case we get into another scenario like that this summer, the following is the explanation of an excessive heat warning by the National Weather Service.
