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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
235 AM PDT TUE AUG 14 2012

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WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS-NORTH COAST- CENTRAL COAST-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
235 AM PDT TUE AUG 14 2012

..A SPELL OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

OFFSHORE FLOW WILL GIVE HOT WEATHER TO MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS HOT SPELL IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR IN MAGNITUDE TO WHAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MONTH...BUT IS EXPECTED TO LAST A DAY OR SO LONGER.

THE HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FIRST ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE SOUTH INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURES SOUTH AND WEST OF THE OLYMPICS AND IN THE SOUTH INTERIOR WILL LIKELY REACH 90 DEGREES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

CONTINUED OFFSHORE FLOW ON THURSDAY WILL CAUSE THE HEAT TO SPREAD TO THE REST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. THE ONLY PLACES TO ESCAPE TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S OR 90S WILL BE NEAR THE WATER IN THE NORTH INTERIOR AND ON THE IMMEDIATE PACIFIC BEACHES. MANY LOCATIONS FROM SEATTLE SOUTHWARD IN THE INTERIOR WILL SEE TEMPERATURES RISE WELL INTO THE 90S ON THURSDAY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND OF THE SEATTLE METRO AREA WILL REMAIN WARM...IN THE MID 60S.

WHILE THE COAST WILL SEE TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN INTO THE LOWER 70S ON FRIDAY...THE INTERIOR WILL REMAIN HOT.

AN INLAND PUSH OF MARINE AIR WILL LIKELY PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE INTERIOR ON SATURDAY.

OPEN WATER CAN BE VERY INVITING DURING HOT SPELLS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE IN OR NEAR AREA LAKES AND RIVERS THIS WEEKEND...BE WATER SAFE AND WEAR A LIFE JACKET. ALSO...LIMIT TIME SPENT IN THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ENGAGE IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

Instructions:

OPEN WATER CAN BE VERY INVITING DURING HOT SPELLS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE IN OR NEAR AREA LAKES AND RIVERS THIS WEEKEND...BE WATER SAFE AND WEAR A LIFE JACKET. ALSO...LIMIT TIME SPENT IN THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ENGAGE IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.