A possible Seattle heatwave is showing up on the long-range forecast, and Western Washington should pay attention. Take it with an appropriate grain of salt. Some forecast models are flirting with a real heat wave across the Puget Sound region in about 10 days. It’s not a lock. It could fall apart. But the signal is loud enough that a veteran Pacific Northwest meteorologist is telling people to pay attention.
KIRO Newsradio meteorologist Ted Buehner, who spent decades at the National Weather Service in Seattle, joined “Seattle’s Morning News” and walked us through what the latest weather model runs are showing. His message was measured. It was also clear. If this Western Washington heatwave pans out, it could be a problem.
“Right now, it looks like if these particular models match up, we may have another heat wave of some kind,” Buehner said. “We’ll probably get up into the 90s.”…