Highs over 110 degrees are predicted in interior Oregon and Washington while a sprawling heat dome may spread over the central and eastern U.S. next week.
Heat advisories and excessive heat warnings blanket the Pacific Northwest, where spiking temperatures are accompanying a stubborn heat dome. Highs are running some 10 to 15 degrees above average in spots, with readings as high as 115 degrees expected in spots.Fifteen million people in the western U.S. and Pacific Northwest will see highs hit the century mark over the coming days.
By the middle of next week, an even bigger heat wave may build in across the central and eastern Lower 48.Seattle and Portland have been setting daily records, and triple-digit temperatures is bleeding south into the highly populous Willamette Valley. Concern is growing for vulnerable populations too, since only 44 percent of homes in Seattle and 78 percent of residences in Portland have air conditioning.
“We’re going to be experiencing a couple of days of really hot temperatures across parts of our inland areas,” said Scott Carroll, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Eureka, Calif. He explained that the northern reaches of the San Joaquin Valley are in line for brutal heat. “Some of the interior valleys could see temperatures getting up to 110 to 115 degrees this afternoon and tomorrow.
Large parts of interior Oregon and Washington state will see highs above 100 degrees Thursday and Friday, challenging records; some locations could eclipse 110. AccuWeather predicts record highs Thursday of 109 degrees in Yakima, Wash.; 102 in Spokane, Wash.; and 112 in Medford, Ore. Temperatures will be comparably high on Friday before pulling back slightly over the weekend and more noticeably early next week.
As a heat wave builds in the northwestern United States, temperatures will push toward levels not experienced since all-time record highs were set in June 2021:
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