Dear National Weather Service
You are forecasting that it will cool off a bit from the open-pit barbeque heat of the weekend. “Highs in the 80s” is your mantra.
But, like the heretic I am, I have to question that. it’s 78F at Sea-Tac right now. The last three days, it’s been 75 or above at 9am. And the sky? Clear and cloudless, with that white pall of pollution mixed in. (Oh, that smog? Probably from everyone evacuating to the mall over the weekend where it’s air-conditioned.) Unless you guys are hiding a cold front in Forks, I’m thinking you’re going to be really, really off on the high temperature.
Oh, I hate climate change. Ten years ago, Seattle had 2-3 days of 90+ weather a year. Now, it seems like it’s well over a week. Pretty soon, our conceit about never having to buy an air conditioner is going to fade away while we deplete Best Buy of all their overpriced window units.
I was just about to blog the exact same thing. When I left the house an hour ago it was 78°. Now it’s 87° and it’s not even 10 o’clock yet.
One of my friends was at a Home Depot where the only fan left in the store was at the register, aimed on the cashier. Later, she was at Target and saw someone buying the last air conditioner in the store. “Bet she’d give it to you for $300,” joked the cashier to my friend (it was a $150) model.
“No, I wouldn’t,” said the lady with the a/c.
I just recently blogged about the hot weather as well on my site. I grew up around here, but I don’t quite remember it being so hot as to require air conditioning, but then again, I lived for several years with A/C on the east coast, so who can say?