This is KGW News at Sunrise
Good Friday morning to you.
We are taking you outside,
taking a beautiful look from
our Wells Fargo Skycam.
Loving that color.
It's going to feel a lot
like summer this weekend,
and some of you might be thinkig
about cooling off in the water.
You know, it may not be what
you or your kids want to wear,
but if you're going to be in the water,
right, this is what's going to
save your life.
This morning we're talking about
water safety, and we've got Mr.
Rodhill taking a look at what
you can expect in the forecast.
Also, lawmakers in Salem seem
to have found a compromise to e.
The Republican walkout will remd
you why they haven't been showig
up to work and how some senatore
avoiding a 10th unexcused
absence today. Plus,
if you had all the money in the world,
what would you buy your mom for Mother's Day?
Chocolate. All the money in the world.
You're going to buy her chocola.
Are you buying that for mom or e
you buying that for you? Well, t
least she's being honest, right?
We asked these kindergarten kidt
Kinneman Elementary in Beavertoa
bunch of questions about their .
They responded with the truth,
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
So help me, Rod Hill,
we have a new edition of Drew and You.
We call this Drew and the
Little Yous coming up at 5:15.
Yeah, Mother's Day coming up this weekend.
Of course. Happy Friday to you.
And also a ton of hot weather, .
Now, the good news is I've
lowered the temperature.
OK, So my rhetoric was here,
and I've kind of taken it down .
That's a good thing, right?
All right. We probably heat advisory.
And, you know,
yesterday was an excessive heat watch.
Please understand that's
simply a matter of timing.
As you get closer to events,
watches can become advisories.
Etcetera, etcetera.
So no longer any advisory out in the gorge.
This is from the coast to the valley.
But the coast temperatures don't
look as toasty as I was one time
thinking they would be either.
We showed you this, all right,
just beautiful clear skies awaiting as
we're about 4442 minutes away from sunrise.
55 is the early morning number right now.
Here we go today,
71 degrees at noon, 86 at 5:00 .
The record today is 87.
We may get there now.
We're still expecting 90 degree temperatures.
Vote tomorrow and Sunday and we'll get
into those exact numbers in just a bit.
Back to you.
You got it. Thank you. Rod
breaking overnight, there was a
deadly shooting in the Hazelwood
neighborhood just before midnig.
Portland police say a Sergeant on patrol
was flagged down at NE 122nd in Wasco.
That Sergeant found a man dead d
he appeared to have been shot.
So far, no one's been arrested.
We'll certainly let you
know as we learn more.
And to the other big story
that we've been talking
about really coming up all week,
we're talking about the heat advisory
that we're expecting this weeke.
And it may seem like a good timo
jump in a river or a lake to cool off,
but first responders have a warning about how
cold those rivers and lakes are right now.
Absolutely, this early in the season,
that cold water can be
a shock to your system.
Devin Haskin Haskins is joinings
live in The Newsroom this morni.
So Devin, it is kind of tricky
because the air temperature is
so much warmer than the water.
Yeah, right now, as Rod just sa,
we're in the mid 50s and then outside
later this weekend we're going
to be seeing weather in the 90s.
But just because it's hot outsi,
the water is much colder and can be closer
to 50 degrees or sometimes even colder.
So if you jump in,
that could take your breath awa.
We know places like high rocks
are popular when it's warm out,
but first responders are asking that you stay
out of the water no matter how hot you get.
Not only is the water cold,
but it's also running fast and .
And you've most likely heard this before,
but wear a life jacket if you do jump in.
As for boaters,
be responsible for yourself andr
passengers and make sure you hae
all the safety equipment on boa.
And yes,
that includes those life jackets too.
We talked with Lieutenant Marcus Mendoza
of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
He says be very careful even
just getting your feet wet.
And he says do it in a safe designated spots.
Really, I mean these are
not late summer conditions,
these are early season conditio.
The water is really cold moving fast.
So we're just really asking
people to use caution.
If you're going to recreate
in or around the water,
please be aware that the water is cold.
You know, be prepared.
We're at life vest and and and e
reconsider what your plans are.
And it may seem obvious to say,
but don't leave your pets in the car.
It's something we say every yea,
but we also see every year.
With temps reaching the mid 80s today and
hotter this weekend after just 10 minutes,
that can raise the temperature inside
your car by more than 15 degree,
and after 30 minutes we're talking to a
closer to 120 degrees inside that car.
Now both Portland and Vancouvere
turned on their outdoor fountai,
so if you're looking for a place to get wet
that doesn't involve the fast moving river,
there are some options there.
All right, Devin,
thanks for that update.
We want to follow up your
report by mentioning that
today through at least Monday,
several local counties including Multnomah,
Washington, Clackamas and Yamhil
counties have banned backyard b.
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
can be fire and Clackamas
Fire announced the temporary
burn restriction yesterday. If
you're using a BBQ, make sure
that it's away from your house d
then on a non combustible surfae
such as like a wood deck,
Just try to make
sure you're taking care of any embers
and if you can have a garden hoe
close by in case you need to use that,
that would be great. Again,
the burn ban will last through
at least this coming Monday when
high temperatures are expected
to drop back below 90.
Other headlines were following
this morning. Southbound
99 W is all clear this morning following a
crash involving 4 cars and a motorcycle.
This was the scene around 8:30 t
night on Southwest, excuse me,
southbound 99 W near 74th Ave.
Police say the driver of the whe
truck you're about to see was impaired,
so they were arrested.
Firefighters had to cut open one
of the cars to get the people o.
Three people went to the hospitl
to have serious injuries.
99 W was closed for hours,
but this morning it's back open,
Nordstrom says rumors that it's downtown
Portland store is closing aren't true.
Now there may have been some confusion
after Nordstrom announced it's closing
its store in downtown San Franc.
It had been around for 35 years.
A spokesperson says Nordstrom is
not closing its Portland store
or the downtown Nordstrom Rack.
And floor sessions in the Oregon
Senate could resume on Monday
if negotiations go well.
GOP leadership announced yestery
they've made an arrangement with
Democrats to suspend work until Monday.
Republicans have boycotted 9 Senate sessions.
They claim bills that Democrats
sponsored on abortion and gun
control aren't written clearly,
and that's a violation of Senate rules.
If Republicans don't get back to work,
there could be consequences.
A new law says any lawmaker with 10 or more
unexcused absences can't run for reelection.
Some Republicans have said thats
unconstitutional and they'll
challenge the law in court.
And those are some of your
Friday morning headlines.
And this morning we are live at
the Oregon Convention Center.
Look at those Legos.
Apparently that's the kiss stage
with all the concert attendees,
all those Lego people to watching Okay.
So we are at the Oregon Conventn
Center previewing bricks, casca.
It is Portland's premier 2 day o
event and it is happening this weekend.
Look at. All those Legos.
If you loved playing with those as a kid,
you're gonna love this event.
Visitors can
participate in building
competitions, games, workshops.
We'll have more on what's happeg
here throughout the show.
I think kids had a song
about Legos, didn't they?
Something about I want to rock'n'roll
all night and Lego every day.
I think. Yeah, I think I recall
that correctly. Yeah, no, Rod,
they should have a contest
at that event this weekend.
They should put a contest out
there to see who can build the
best Lego air conditioning unit.
There you go, because we will
need more air conditioners.
Starting today through at least Monday,
you know part of the problem is
you know if you don't have a C,
you want it to be cool at night,
so you at least get that period
of opening up the windows.
But we could be looking at the warmest
overnight temperature in the red
book ever for the month of May,
which is over this weekend.
That current record is 62,
and that is something we could
possibly break, meaning it would
only be 63 or 64 and not get do.
Below that, all right,
the heat advisory is what the now show
Weather Service has labeled our weekend.
So there it is.
This no longer includes the gor.
Again does include from the
coast to the valley,
but I mean the coast is going to
be low to mid 80s at most, not .
Okay.
Here are my latest numbers and
they have either stayed the same
in most cases or been lowered.
I'm forecasting what the record is for today,
which is 8792.
Tomorrow the record is 92.
I've not changed that.
I've lowered Mother's Day down to 92.
The record is 91.
There's a low pressure system
that's in Kansas and Nebraska rt
now that's going to be pushing
and moving back to the West,
which is really unusual and it d
potentially bring an increasing
cloud cloudiness during the day
Sunday and lead to a thunderstom
threat as soon as Sunday evenin.
So keep your eye on Sunday.
That forecast could change and n
that stunt, a thunderstorm thre,
stays with us Sunday night.
Into Monday.
And because of that growing confidence,
I've lowered Monday side to 86 degrees.
The record is 93.
So remember we had a a heat watch that
was posted for three days Satur,
Sunday, Monday.
Now the heat jargon is only
posted for two days,
Saturday and Sunday because
of that storm threat.
Okay.
Here are the numbers you will
be likely experiencing over
the weekend Coast highs.
Some spots only in the mid 70s
but warm spots to get more of.
An east breeze like Seaside coud
still be as warm as 8285 degrees
over the weekend with full Sun Valley
high still generally everybody's
expected at least reach 90,
could go as high as 94.
The east winds start to pick
up lightly today.
I don't think this ever becomes windy,
but certainly at east Multnomah County
in east Clark County there coule
some 20 plus mile per hour breezes at times.
Gorge highs 84 to 90.
Government camp 75 to 80.
Been not bad 79 to 84.
There's the beautiful clear skies right now.
55 is the current number.
In Portland,
it's cooler 48 up in Kelso.
It's 47 out in the Dallas,
46 degrees over in Astoria.
Futurecast shows a little bit
of low clouds this morning.
Then that's it. All sun.
We did end up having some shower
activity over the mountains yesterday.
Nothing today, anywhere.
So here are the numbers.
87 today, 92 both tomorrow and Sunday.
The thunderstorm threat
Sunday evening into Monday.
Shower chance Tuesday and then warming
back up next Wednesday and Thur.
And that is your forecast, Mr.
Carney. Coming up next here, Ro,
we're going to talk more about this day
because this day is also Mother's Day.
What's something that really makes your
mom angry when I don't eat her ?
Is there something about her
food you don't like? Yeah.
What? I don't like peas.
I'm going to be honest with you.
I don't like peas either.
But what I do like are all the honest
answers we got from the kids at
Kinnaman Elementary in Beaverto.
We asked them lots of
questions about their moms,
including the big one.
What makes their mom the best?
It's a Mother's Day edition of w
and You. Right after this quick break,
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