The National Weather Service has done something it doesn’t normally do in mid-May — issued an “Excessive Heat Watch” in Seattle.
Forecasters are predicting highs in the upper 80s and possibly into the 90s — conditions typically unheard of for this time of year in the region.
The watch is in effect from Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon with conditions posing “a moderate risk of heat-related illness.”
The intense start to warmer weather in the region follows a hazy end to summer 2022 as wildfire smoke poured into the Puget Sound area. CHS reported here on the increased threat of wildfire smoke and what cities like Seattle should do about it.
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“Heat Watch” is adequate. Any heat watch implies “excessive heat”.
What, do we have a “negative heat watch” or a low heat watch? No we don’t.
Our language usage is going to the dogs, redundancy means doing it again, saying it twice.
Well, maybe visit here and spend your time more wisely … https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-ww#:~:text=Excessive%20Heat%20Watches%E2%80%94Be%20Prepared,and%20timing%20is%20still%20uncertain.