The weather service was also expected to issue new red flag warnings in California and elsewhere to advise that the brutal conditions raise the risk of wildfires. The NWS also warned of that the dry and breezy conditions could also lead to elevated fire weather concerns through early next week.
It comes just over a year after the region endured its most extreme heat ever. Portland saw a record high temperature of 116. The Pacific Northwest is feeling its first heat wave of the year. Records were broken across the region in June of 2021, as temperatures soared as high as 118 degrees Fahrenheit. "In past weather comparable to what we’re expecting to see, our system performed as designed," PGE spokesperson John Farmer told the newspaper. A new study finds the Pacific Northwest’s extreme heat wave last summer was a freak event that should only happen once in 10,000 years and it was even hotter because of climate change. Portland General Electric told the Oregonian that it will have about 120 crews working Saturday and Sunday to respond to any outages. Pacific Power, which serves 10 states, said in a statement that it did not anticipate heat-related service interruptions but asked customers to use less energy during the heat wave. Jennifer Vines urged residents to go to a cooling center if they do not have air conditioning, warning that the area is in for "life-threatening" heat. On a short video posted online, the county's health officer Dr.
Officials in Multnomah County, Oregon, which encompasses the state's largest city of Portland, warned that highs well above 100 degrees could cause public transportation delays, strain emergency medical services and cause power outages. Even with sunscreen, shade breaks, and hydrating, I almost passed out," a Twitter user who goes by the name "Anne the Noble Land Waffle" said on the social media platform. Heat alerts blanket the Pacific Northwest, including much of Oregon and Washington state, where temperatures are set to spike to 110 degrees in the days ahead. I set out to run an errand to the post office and ended up taking a Lyft home. Officials there told the city's 725,000 residents to hydrate, keep blinds closed, use fans and to go to a city cooling centers if needed. In Seattle, temperatures were to reach 98 Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) on Saturday and an all-time, record-breaking 106 degrees on Monday. A burgeoning heat wave in the Pacific Northwest is set to push temperatures above 110 degrees in some areas and will persist for days By Matthew Cappucci Updated Jat 7:08 p.m.
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Register now for FREE unlimited access to RegisterĪcross the region, dozens of daily record high temperatures are expected to be set, with monthly and even all-time records in jeopardy of falling, the service said.
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