and another one....

5:30: ran to McD's to get dinner (no way was I cooking!) and the car said 97.

5:15 pm: Thermometer in upstairs master bathroom says 90. Downstairs thermometer says 87.

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... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY... ... AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY RATHER HUMID CONDITIONS AND ONLY LIGHT BREEZES. TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM... FALLING ONLY INTO THE 60S FOR A COUPLE HOURS LATE AT NIGHT IN MOST PLACES. EVEN HOTTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE WELL INTO THE 90S... WITH MID 80S TO MID 90S STILL EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS WELL.

IN ADDITION... THE STABLE AIR MASS ALOFT WILL LIMIT THE DISPERSION OF POLLUTANTS ACROSS THE AREA AND MAY LEAD TO DETERIORATING AIR QUALITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUILDUP OF POLLUTANTS... CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.