7:51 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink
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This Morning Michael Convery, said I was going crazy from the heat. I think a lot of us will be getting a little over the next few days! Sunny and record breaking heat is on the way today! Between now and Saturday we're looking at the hottest weather of the year. I'm forecasting a high today of 98 degrees. That will squeak by the current record of 97 degrees. Friday will be even hotter at 102. Yes that will be another record breaker. In 2008 we've had only one day of triple digit temperatures in Portland, on June 28th the thermometer hit 100 degrees. the Rose City has not been this hot since July of 2007, when we hit 102 degrees.
The heat continues on Saturday with highs in the upper 90s.
It won't be until Sunday before we see temperatures coming back down to more reasonable levels. Because of the hot weather, an excessive heat warning is in effect for Portland and the Willamette Valley. Up the Cascades a heat advisory has also been posted.
The only spot that I can find that won't have crazy hot temperatures is the Coast. The ocean beaches will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Oh one more quick note. Michael, said I was crazy because of the heat, guess who has an 11:22 tee time today? So to my friend Michael Convery I say; Crazy is as crazy does...
Try to stay cool
Dave
I get a kick out of Michael and Dave's attitudes. They are great! There are too many people in this world who have no sense of humor. Have a good day guys and keep up the good work. Everyone on Channel 8 does a wonderful job.
The old saying my Mother use to say:
As a rule a man's a fool, when it's hot he wants it cool and when it is cool he wants it hot, always wanting what is not! Is this not just what most people fuss about? If they don't like the rain and the heat go somewhere else.
an avid listner Terri in a floating home on the Columbia
I am watching NBC News at 5 in Corvallis. The headlines about the heat mentioned that there is a biological basis to people being more irritable because of the heat (and talks of increased crime in high heat followed). I am trying to find any research to this claim. I can find research that proves dehydration can make one more irritable, and it makes sense that people at large are more likely to have symptoms of dehydration when it is extremely hot. Is this what was meant? I am wondering if there is any research behind effects on the body when it is simply in warm weather (i.e. what, if any, are the effects of extreme heat on a well hydrated individual of average health)?