We are experiencing a heat wave!

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SUNDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL CLIMB INTO THE 80S AND LOWER 90S THIS WEEKEND. A FEW SPOTS IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL PROBABLY REACH THE MID 90S.

MOST WESTERN WASHINGTON LOCATIONS WILL HAVE TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO...BUT NOT QUITE REACHING...RECORD HIGHS. SOME RECORDS COULD BE BROKEN THOUGH ESPECIALLY AT OLYMPIA AND OTHER CITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR.

SATURDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY ALONG THE COAST WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE SIMILARLY HOT ACROSS THE WESTERN WASHINGTON INTERIOR...BUT MOST PLACES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER ON SUNDAY.

I'm thinking back porch, ice water (cold beer this afternoon), dogs in the shade, a good book, and the hose within an arm's reach. I know you Texans are more than tired of the heat, but this is a rare treat for those of us up here who like the sun. Off to get my dose of vitamin D...