Everett Weather - Special Cases

...UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER WILL AFFECT WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH
SATURDAY...

AFTER A COOL AND CLOUDY SPRING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON...A DRAMATIC
SHIFT TO HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY.

FRIDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY FOR MANY SPOTS IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON....AND MANY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
OCCUR. FROM THE COAST TO THE PUGET SOUND REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL
RISE INTO THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NEAR THE
WATERS OF THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND PUGET SOUND WILL BE A BIT
COOLER.

TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST WILL BE A BIT COOLER SATURDAY...AS
THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BEGINS TO TURN ONSHORE AGAIN. BUT HIGH
TEMPERATURES OVER THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS ON SATURDAY WILL BE
SIMILAR TO FRIDAY.

SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE COOLER FOR ALL OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AS
MARINE AIR FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN SPREADS INLAND. A DEEPER LAYER
OF MARINE AIR WILL PUSH INLAND SUNDAY NIGHT...MARKING A RETURN TO
MORE TYPICAL MAY WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SEVERAL RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPORTED TO BE BROKEN FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. THE FOLLOWING TABLE COMPARES THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST WITH RECORD HIGHS AT A FEW LOCATIONS.
ASTERICES INDICATE RECORDS THAT WOULD BE BROKEN OR TIED BASED ON THE
CURRENT FORECAST.

FRIDAY             SATURDAY
LOCATION       FCST  RECORD/YEAR   FCST  RECORD/YEAR

BELLINGHAM      83*     78/1985     81*     81/1956
SEA-TAC ARPT    88*     84/1985     88*     85/1956
OLYMPIA ARPT    90*     86/1985     87      90/1956
QUILLAYUTE      87*     86/1985     73      82/1993
HOQUIAM         89*     88/1985     73      87/1958

OTHER RECORDS LIKELY TO FALL THAT ARE NOT OFFICIAL FORECAST POINTS

STAMPEDE PASS           78/2006     85/2006
SEATTLE NWS             82/2006     80/1993

THOUGH IT IS NOT FORECAST...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SEA-TAC AIRPORT
COULD REACH 90 DEGREES ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. IF THIS WERE TO
HAPPEN...IT WOULD BE THE EARLIEST 90-DEGREE DAY ON RECORD AT SEA-
TAC. THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF 90-DEGREE WEATHER OCCURRED ON MAY
20 1963...WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 92 DEGREES.

AFTER SUCH COOL WEATHER THIS SPRING...PEOPLE SHOULD REFRESH
THEMSELVES ON BASIC HOT WEATHER TIPS. WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS UP...BE
SURE TO SLOW DOWN...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND
LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING...AND BE SURE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
SUNBURN BY WEARING SUNSCREEN AND A HAT. THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY
YOUNG ARE THE MOST LIKELY GROUPS TO EXPERIENCE ADVERSE HEALTH
EFFECTS FROM THE HEAT.

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS HOT...IT MAY BE TEMPTING TO JUMP INTO AREA
LAKES AND RIVERS...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SWOLLEN DUE TO RAPID
SNOWMELT. KEEP IN MIND THAT LAKE WATER TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE
40S WITH STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE 30S. DURING SPRING HEAT WAVES OF
THIS MAGNITUDE...IT IS IRONIC THAT SWIMMERS HAVE DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA
AFTER JUMPING INTO FRIGID RIVER OR LAKE WATERS TO ESCAPE THE HEAT.
DESPITE THE HOT WEATHER...PEOPLE SHOULD STILL USE COLD WATER SAFETY
PRACTICES BY WEARING A WETSUIT WHEN GOING INTO SUCH COLD WATERS.

LASTLY...WITH PLENTY OF SNOW STILL LEFT IN THE MOUNTAINS...THE
NORTHWEST WEATHER AND AVALANCHE CENTER IS FORECASTING A WIDESPREAD
SPRING AVALANCHE CYCLE...AND AN AVALANCHE WARNING IS ISSUED THROUGH
SATURDAY. AN AVALANCHE HAS ALREADY CLOSED THE NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY
SO THE THREAT IS ALREADY HERE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS
FROM THE NORTHWEST WEATHER AND AVALANCHE CENTER AT WWW.NWAC.US.