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Excessive Heat in Eastern Columbia River Gorge, Washington

Excessive Heat August 17, 2022 · Eastern Columbia River Gorge, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Calculated heat risk values at the Dallesport Airport GHCN site recorded temperatures that met or exceeded excessive heat warning criteria on Aug. 17th.

The wider storm

Upper level ridging and persistent surface high pressure in the Columbia Basin resulted in several areas reaching or exceeding critical heat risk thresholds during this period, with some mountain sites also seeing consecutive days of 95 degrees or greater temperatures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1053509. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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