Hey there everyone,
Happy Thursday afternoon.
I'm KING5 Meteorologist Adam Claymon.
The heat, it's still on the way and well,
at least today it's very comfore
and we're keeping temperatures
generally in this 70s for the afternoon.
So get out there and enjoy it,
But we are going to go over whee
that heat is going to be the hottest.
We got some alerts out here
for the upcoming weekend,
a three day stretch really
it's going to be Saturday,
Sunday and Monday that you'll
have to keep an eye out for some
of those extreme temperatures.
To be in place, we'll go over t.
Plus we're going to go over what
we've been really talking about
throughout the entire week,
high pressure,
how it's going to really drive
home the warm up that we're goig
to see into that time,
how it works and then eventually
how it starts to get out of herd
things start to get a bit cooler
as we go later on into next wee.
So let's go ahead and get into .
We have the sunny skies that are
out there right now and we havea
beautiful blue sky here in Seat.
A lot of sunshine reflecting oft
the stadium there in Lumen Fiel.
Beautiful blue skies but also
some clouds up over the Cascade.
We still have a few of those shs
and storms that could develop he
throughout the afternoon over te
Cascades and it is blocking our
view of Mount Rainier but othere
and pretty nice day for most ofs
here across Western Washington.
And then you can see out closer
to the coast we have some cloud
coverage kind of here and there,
but generally a lot of blue skis
that is going to be in place as
we go throughout the day.
Same can be said farther N acros
the coast to maybe a little more
that filtered sunshine with some
upper level clouds.
And as we go up into the mounta,
some snow still up there around Stevens Pass,
it's going to be interesting toe
how much of this does eventually
begin to melt away.
But we do expect to see quite at
of melting happening with the hr
temperatures here into the next few days.
So you can see nationwide we stl
have the cooler temps generally
here across the Western US and
that's where you have a lot more
of those 60s and we're right now
sitting at 49 degrees,
60s here along the coast and.
Well,
we are still slightly warmer
than yesterday at this point,
but it's not by much a degree or two,
maybe three,
which puts most of us here up about 2:00
PM hour in the upper 60s or the lower 70s.
So highs will be right around te
low to mid 70s this afternoon.
Then our numbers start to fall
back down into the 50s and I thk
a few 40s by early tomorrow
morning, but definitely
not quite as many of them.
As what we had this morning
or either yesterday morning,
so let's get into high pressure.
We've been seeing how that is gg
to be the driving force for this warm
up and what is happening is we e
sinking air with high pressure s
opposed to rising air with low pressure.
And as course as you know heat
likes to rise and how our atmose
works and how we really warm up.
We warm up the ground that is te
and with that we continue to see
that build and build throughout
the day with the warm up that is
around into these parts where we
closer to the surface.
But when you have sinking air of course.
That sinking air keeps that heat
right there trapped at the surf.
So as long as you have more that
sinking air with high pressure,
and the stronger the high press,
the more the sinking air,
you have less the ability for tt
heat to escape back into outer space.
So that's why we really get more
of those big time warm ups whene
have a strong area of high prese
during this time of the year.
To start to build here across the area.
So that's what's going on.
And so let's go ahead and get bk
into what we're expecting with
high pressure that moves overhed
or so into Friday and definitely
for your Saturday and Sunday.
And as that continues to be the case,
we'll continue to build on the t
throughout those few days for your Friday,
Saturday and your Sunday and possibly
into your Monday too before it starts
to sneak a little farther to the
north and it will be more overh.
Heading up into British Columbi,
then we'll have an area of low pressure.
You can see that kind of develops and
we're talking about a thermal low here,
which will help to increase some
of the instability atmosphere,
meaning more cloud coverage ande
possibility of a few showers and storms.
And that could help to maybe
limit some of the heating that
we have heading into Monday.
But also at the same time too,
we're talking about some additional humidity
that's going to be in the atmosphere.
So what it's going to feel probably a
little hotter and a bit more stickier.
And so as far as the records,
we're still expecting to see a
few days pretty close to some of
those numbers including tomorro.
79 is the forecast,
81 is the record, 83 is our forecast.
On Saturday you can see the recd
is at 85 and then Sunday and
Monday we get pretty close.
Monday is the only forecast at h
to exceed that Daily Record whis
at 85 which was set back in ther
of 2007 and we did bring that My
temperature down due in part because of.
That thermal low,
that that area of low pressure t
could be more overhead bringinge
the cloud coverage and the shower and
storm chances to at the same ti,
which could limit some of the heating that
we're going to do heading on into Monday.
So big picture right now you see
radar picture showing a lot of shower
and storm activity over Montana.
Rest of that right now over parts of a
Washington state even less thant
we had back on yesterday when ts
were a bit more widespreading coverage.
So high pressure, it's still down there,
it's heading its way northward t
now it's just off of the coast f
California that will be making its way
overhead as we go on into tomor.
Now with that,
I did mention we do already
have advisories and alerts out.
This is actually a success of Heat watch
that starts up on Saturday at 2:00 PM,
will last until 5:00 PM headingn
into a Monday what we are expec.
Will be highs in the mid to upper 80s,
possibly even a few lower 90s,
especially across southwest interior.
That's where we probably see the higher
chances of some of those 90s beginning
to develop as we go into that Sunday,
Monday time frame.
We're talking about an area
right here for more Mason Count,
parts of a Thurston County,
even some parts of I would
say Pierce County too,
especially interior parts
and going around in these.
Groups right here.
So that's where you'll see some
of the hottest temperatures
here throughout that stretch,
and especially Saturday or Sund.
And Monday will be the hottest
days with that too.
This will last until Monday,
and we don't just see a big drop
in temperatures on Tuesday,
still going to be pretty warm on Tuesday.
It's just not going to be quite
up to that same level.
So you can see on future radar,
not a whole lot really happenin,
clear skies really throughout the period,
keeping things pretty clear throughout
the night tomorrow and heading n
into your Saturday and Sunday t.
So plenty of sunshine to help
to warm things up quite a bit.
But for today that'll mean it'll
be a very comfortable and pleast
outside the lower 70s in Lindon,
up to 67 in Blaine.
We top off at 70 in Mount Verno.
We'll see a high of a 75 in Bellevue,
around 69 in Linwood, 68 and Everett.
So you can see the.
The differences in temperatures there
should go farther north and Evet
and Lynnwood to what you're goig
to see down here around Seattle,
which is at 74 and then more of
the low to mid 70s farther S hee
across parts of South Sound and
looking at the forecast tonight.
Dropping down into the upper 40,
I think a little fifty or
two could be possible,
but then we really start to crak
up the heat heading on into the
day tomorrow with a high of 80,
up to about 85 on into your
Saturday and then
we'll see upper 80s possibly
even getting closer to 90.
Heading on into a Monday,
Tuesday down to 84 and then
still keeping more 80s around.
Heading on into next Wednesday h
Monday and Tuesday again becausf
that thermal low that's going te
around the possibility of a few showers,
perhaps a few storms around
to cool things down, but also.
That a little more to that humi.
So it's going to be quite
a few warm days ahead.
And I just to kind of forewarn ,
if you are going to be viewing
the 4:00 PM show later on tonig,
we are going to go over how we'e
probably going to consider what
we're seeing here for Saturday,
Sunday and Monday first alert d.
So we'll go over more of the
details on that coming up at 4:,
make sure to tune in,
but everyone have a tremendous
Thursday and we'll talk to you .