The newsroom is buzzing this morning. Two big stories, Hillary Clintons townhall tonight here at KGW. and the Hot weather. Glad I'm going to be getting out of here early this afternoon. We've been told the building goes into lockdown at 4PM. Secret Service is setting up metal detectors and banning cars in our covered parking lot. I feel sorry for those guys who will be standing out in the heat later today.

Speaking of heat, it's a blast furnace on the Oregon Coast. A strong off shore flow yesterday and a very warm airmass combined to bring an all time record high of 105 degrees to Brookings. There are unoffical reports of the thermometer hitting 108 near Gold Beach!

Today the heat is turned up in the Willamette Valley. I think we're going to see lots of new records before the day is over.

A heat advisory will remain in effect until at least 8 PM tonight. The advisory is posted for all of Western Oregon and Southwest Washington. I know I may sound like a broken record but if you have elderly neighbors it might be a good idea to check up on them today. Maybe offer a glass of ice tea. Better yet if you have AC invite them over.

The good news is these temperatures should only last a day. Saturday we'll begin to see some cooler air filter in from coast lowering temps. about 5 degrees. Sunday should be a very nice day with morning clouds then sunny. Quite a lot of cool air will spill in by early next week.

Regards
Dave

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