The whole west coast up to Seattle is having a heat wave from a high pressure system.
From the Stanford Daily, Heat wave scorches Stanford, Bay Area
Students waded through the Claw fountain in White Plaza to beat the heat wave passing through the Bay Area. Temperatures peaked at 97 degrees on Thursday, and the National Weather Service issued a second “Excessive Heat Warning” for Friday afternoon, forecasting temperatures up to 98 degrees.
“It is not uncommon for the Bay Area to experience temperatures nearing 100 degrees during the latter part of the summer, but it is very uncommon this early in the season,” said Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health and Safety Lawrence Gibbs in an email to The Daily.
According to weather.com -that area has not been this hot this early in the year since records began in 1874.
From AP - Sea lions likely died from the heat
PORTLAND, Ore. - The deaths of six sea lions found in traps on the Columbia River earlier this month were likely caused by the heat, and not by gunshots as officials first suspected, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.
Oregon and Washington officials had been trapping the animals as part of a federally approved removal process because they feast on salmon at the Bonneville Dam....
The fisheries service said Wednesday the results of necropsies on all six animals were consistent with death from heat stroke. Studies of tissue samples taken after the May 4 deaths are expected in about 10 days and might reveal more...
Meanwhile - it's unseasonable cool out here in Indiana. We usually average around 74 as a high - but it only got up to 60 yesterday. I planted some wildflowers that I normally plant at the end of March - and the temperatures have been so low - the soil temps and all should be fine.
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