Excessive Heat Warning for Portland: KGW Weather Impact Alert update

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e [Music] welcome to a special streaming edition of KGW news we are starting off with a look outside at downtown Portland from our Rose City sky cam looks a little gray out there but gosh it's in the '90s here at 5:00 5:04 to be specific on your Thursday evening all this hot weather prompting an excessive heat warning to weather impact alert days as well to finish off your week thank you for joining us I'm Christine panich got Chief meteor olist Matt SFO here too Matt the way you describe it over and over it is hotter than biscuits out there nobody's ever said that better you win the you win the hotter than biscuits award for 2024 I don't know if I want that award you really don't trust me um let's take another look outside from our sky cam on the Wells Fargo Building looking to the south and east and man that air looks dirty doesn't it that is all haze from Wildfire smoke wildfires burning in Central Oregon drifting our way on the hills of a South South southsouth easterly wind aof now we are down to 96 right now and yes the humidity is low and the air quality in spite of what it looks like is not terrible because most of the smoke is elevated and above us but it was a hot one Portland hit 102 today that's a record for the date and it ties the record for hitting 100 degrees the latest occurrence uh that we've ever done that in Portland tying 1944 when we hit 101 that is the late this is the latest date in the year Portland's ever hit 100 I think we break that record tomorrow as we top out around 100 which is what they did in Hillsboro Vancouver was 99 Kelso 97 Hood River a relatively cooler 90 but Pendleton hit 100 Medford and Roseberg were 105 and Salem also hitting 100 and look at the coast atoria nearly 90 89 there 86 at tmook so really cooking on the North Coast So Christine mentioned it the weather impact alert continues through tomorrow for the hot weather this is is a major heat risk for those that suffer from heat related illnesses so reduce activity if that's you and everybody should try to stay hydrated with this hot dry weather including your pets and your plants so keep an eye on all of it meanwhile out of the coast kind of an eerie scene it's been hazy out here the Marine layers thinned out but look it's 89 degrees at Canon Beach wow amazingly hot at the Orton coast and amazingly widespread are the heat advisories and warnings everywhere in this Salon color is under heat advisory the wamit valley and the Cascade Foo are under an excessive heat warning until 10:00 tomorrow night coincident with that is a fire weather warning and not just the gorge or the Cascades but for the wamit valley because of the hot dry conditions and it has been windy in The Gorge East Winds at the West End Of The Gorge they've been gusting to about 35 milph Corbett Crown Point Rooster Rock so that's where the wind has been during the day today look at our temperature forecast for tomorrow it's a little bit lower than what it was for today which makes sense but still we're up 95 by about 3:4 in the afternoon I think it may happen sooner than that the modeling wanting us to top out at 97 I think we're going to make a 100 tomorrow for the latest occurrence of 100° that Portland has ever had we tied it today I think we break it tomorrow if we hit 100° now one thing that could keep us from hitting 100 is all this Wildfire smoke you see the fires burning here here and here all of that riding north on South and southeasterly winds as I mentioned and if the Smoke Gets thick enough it literally blocks the sun enough to keep the temperatures down a little bit but it didn't happen today we hit 102 and I don't think it'll be any more Smoky tomorrow compared to today here's the change the beginning of it the first sign of it notice the low clouds starting to develop on the Southern Oregon coast that will develop northward overnight tonight and tomorrow and the coast will cool off first as it typically does with a hot weather pattern for us and then we will follow on Saturday but we'll still be in the '90s that'll be our fourth day of 90 or better in a row we usually only see 2 90° days on average in September we're going to at least double that first part of the month so this is the smoke model and what's Curious here what's interesting anyway is this you can actually see the circulation center from low pressure off the Oregon coast in the Smoke modeling see that kind of wrapping around and the smoke developing North so we will remain Smoky tomorrow but that area of low pressure off the Southern Oregon coast may spark some thunderstorms I'll show you that in a little bit better detail in just a second so our September heat wve so first of all today we tie as I mentioned September 5th of 1944 for the latest occurrence in the year to hit 100° today's record was 101 we've hit 102 as I mentioned so we broke that and again we're going to continue to break records tomorrow as we get up to about 100 degrees I think tomorrow hazy and warm tonight and again the weather impact alert day continues tonight and tomorrow East Winds will die down in the gorge overnight tonight and tomorrow so won't be as windy but still around 100° on on Friday those are the headlines for you as we go through this hot weather pattern now here's the big picture big area high pressure right over us it's slowly beginning to Edge East and as the axis of it moves east of the Cascades we start to pick up more of a southwesterly flow we see the winds on Shore or come on Shore from the coast and Into The Valleys what I'm watching though that's curious is barely visible here in the infrared imagery which is what this is so let's switch to the water vapor imagery and here you can clearly see that circulation Center right there as that moves on Shore tomorrow I think it's going to spark some thunderstorms somewhere in Oregon now it depends on exactly where it lands and how it moves as to whether or not we get any in the western valleys but it's not out of the question certainly not out of the question for the Cascades or Eastern Oregon so we'll wait and see how close that gets to us if it moves far enough North to end times out with the heating of the day to give us some thunderstorms tomorrow or tomorrow night but we'll be watching the radar closely on that notice the East Winds and notice the shed high clouds coming our way too couple Speckles over the Cascades the model picking up on that potential for a shower or a storm then oh yeah that's rain as we go into Tuesday and Wednesday we actually get some showers moving on and it's going to be a much different deal next week so first shot is that thunderstorm potential Friday night Saturday then that moves out and suddenly a much cooler pattern with showers develops and we'll get a couple chances of it I don't see any widespread heavy rainfall but there'll be several opportunities to get rain from Tuesday through next week and if we run the accumulation forecast of rainfall out through next week it actually becomes somewhat impressive over an inch in Eugene B an inch in Salem qu of an inch in Portland so we'll see these these forecasts that far in advance leave a lot to be desired but it Paints the picture that yeah we're going to get some accumulating rainfall middle and end of next week right now it's 96 the freezing level at 14,700 FT all right then on the coast mostly sunny it'll be cooler on the coast tomorrow ah High in the 60s and 7s lows in the 50s but the valleys still cooking mid to uper 90s I think a few places may hit 100 the excessive heat warning does not expire until 10:00 Friday night up in the Cascades still hazy still very warm 80 at Timberline 85 at Government Camp Central and Eastern Oregon hazy hot areas of smoke 101 in Pendleton for you as we go to The Gorge there are the East Winds backing way down but still 103 in the Dallas and 100 in Cascade Locks tomorrow and for Portland excessive Heat morning through tomorrow night hot and hazy again tomorrow we're going to go for 100° in Portland Christine then no more red days just blue 92 on Saturday but Saturday will still be hazy Sunday the haze should begin to clear and by Monday we're seeing temperatures topping out in the low 80s and after that 70s with showers coming on Shore which has never sounded so good has it it really sounds amazing at this point I hope I don't have to hear you say hotter than biscuits again this year me too thanks Matt okay so speaking of all this hot weather we have mola County officials have now declared a state of emergency in response to the heat there have been seven suspected heat related deaths in the county so far this summer and over the last 3 years 85 people have died from heat in addition to the county opening cooling centers The Joint office of homeless Services is also expanding Street Outreach efforts our Outreach workers are out in the community right now they have been out since yesterday morning providing cooling supplies and water to folks experiencing homelessness they are also handing out information about the cooling centers and how to access them and here are some quick safety tips stay hydrated and try to avoid activities during the hottest part of the day also check in on people who are living alone without air conditioning and also the elderly the health department also wants people to limit driving and using gas powered lawn equipment due to air quality concerns and if you or someone you know are looking for a place to escape the heat molom County will be opening two cooling centers again tomorrow they're located at Cook Plaza in gram and at the Portland Covenant Church on Northeast MLK Jr Boulevard molom County libraries in downtown Portland and gram are also extending hours until 8:00 Clackamus Washington and Clark Counties have cooling spaces available as well and remember triat Riders headed to or from a cooling center don't have to pay [Music] also making headlines this evening a man is dead after an hour's long stand off in Lincoln City ended with police shooting and killing him Oregon State Police say it all started just after noon yesterday when Lincoln City police tried to give the man a parking ticket they say he shot at them before driving away and later abandoned his converted bus at a motel on Highway 101 a canine tracked the man then to a nearby home and he wouldn't come out they say just before 3:00 a.m. he started shooting at officers and then climbed on top of the roof with a rifle the OSP SWAT team shot and killed him when they say he refused to drop the gun his name has not been released to Gresham now where thanks to smoke detectors an elderly couple escaped their home this morning after the garage caught fire a neighbor down the street shared this video on your screen you can see the Flames inside the home you can't see it but the roof also caved in this happened on Northeast 176th Avenue just after 6:00 fire officials say the couple was taken to the hospital the cause is under investigation and US Bank is pulling out of the downtown Portland skyscraper bearing its name saying it will not renew its lease at the US Bank Corp Tower also known as big pink it currently serves as the regional headquarters for US Bank hundreds of its employees work there US Bank said some employees will transfer to other locations downtown many will be moving to a facility in gram as well the company that owns the building seattle-based Unico called the move a quote severe blow to the downtown community and the City of Portland then coming up new tonight on a special edition of KGW news right after the game this week hard drugs were Rec criminalized in Oregon now we're finding out how groups that help homeless people in Oldtown want to step into molom County's drug deflection program and help people on a path toward recovery David MCO will'll see you right back here after the game and for KGW News at 11 again I'm Christine panich we really appreciate you being here remember you can catch up anytime on the latest headlines on kgw.com your KGW app or our YouTube channel and before we head out let's take a step outside one more time for a look over downtown Portland this is from our Wells Fargo sky cam a little hazy out there for sure again last report 97° looks like out there stay cool everyone and hope you have a great rest of your evening