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KING-LEWIS-PIERCE-
609 AM PDT SAT MAY 17 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  COUNTIES...KING...LEWIS...PIERCE.

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* VERY WARM WEATHER WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RAPID SNOW MELT AND
  RISING RIVERS...WITH FLOOD CRESTS POSSIBLY OCCURRING AS EARLY AS
  LATE TONIGHT. THE TREND IN THE RIVER FORECASTS WAS TOWARD HIGHER
  CRESTS. HOWEVER HOW QUICKLY THE RIVERS RISE WILL DEPEND ON HOW
  MUCH WARMING TAKES PLACE. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY INVOLVED...THE
  FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN POSTED AND THE SITUATION WILL BE
  MONITORED CLOSELY.

* ANY FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL BE MINOR. THE RIVERS AT MOST 
  RISK OF FLOODING ARE THE SNOQUALMIE...PUYALLUP...WHITE... 
  NISQUALLY AND COWLITZ. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT
FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE
READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

MANY MOUNTAIN STREAMS WILL BE BANK FULL OR OVERFLOWING...MAKING IT
DANGEROUS FOR STREAM CROSSINGS OR RECREATING IN THE VICINITY OF
THE STREAMS. RIVERS WILL BE FLOWING MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL WITH
MANY NEAR HISTORICAL MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

WATER CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGER AND FASTER THAN NORMAL. THIS
COMBINED WITH FRIGID WATER TEMPERATURES WILL POSE A SERIOUS
THREAT TO LIFE. HYPOTHERMIA OR DROWNING COULD QUICKLY OCCUR IF
SOMEONE WERE TO FALL OR JUMP INTO THE WATER.

WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
546 AM PDT SAT MAY 17 2008

...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
INTERIOR WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY...

...AREA RIVERS AND LAKES WILL BE TOO DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMING...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS POSTED FOR THE RIVERS IN KING...PIERCE...
AND LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

STRONG...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL OFFSHORE
FLOW THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR TODAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE
IN THE UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S...WITH SOME CASCADE VALLEYS LIKELY
CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. SOME SPOTS COULD END UP WITH RECORD OR
NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY. THE PREDICTED TEMPERATURE FOR
SEA-TAC WAS 86 DEGREES. IF THIS TEMPERATURE IS REACHED...IT WOULD
BREAK THE OLD RECORD OF 85 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1956.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE VERY TEMPTING TO JUMP INTO AREA LAKES AND
RIVERS TO ESCAPE THE HEAT...IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO DO SO. WATER
TEMPERATURES WERE STILL FRIGID OR TOO COLD FOR SWIMMING WITHOUT A
WETSUIT. RIVERS WERE ALSO RUNNING HIGH AND SWIFT DUE TO SPRING
SNOW MELT. THUS JUMPING INTO AN AREA LAKE OR RIVER COULD RESULT IN
A QUICK DEATH DUE TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DROWNING AS MUSCLES CRAMP UP
FROM THE COLD.

DURING HOT SPELLS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...AVOID OVEREXERTION...
LIMIT TIME SPENT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT...AND CHECK UP ON ELDERLY
RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS. ALSO...PROTECT PETS FROM THE DANGERS OF
HOT WEATHER. NEVER LEAVE THEM IN A PARKED CAR ON A HOT DAY.

FOR THOSE PLANNING ON BACK COUNTRY HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS...
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS AN AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT
FOR THE BACK COUNTRY TERRAIN...BELOW 7000 FEET...OF THE OLYMPICS
AND CASCADES TODAY. FOR MORE DETAILS...VISIT THE NORTHWEST
WEATHER AND AVALANCHE CENTER WEB SITE AT WWW.NWAC.US.

EXPECT MUCH COOLER WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY DUE TO
INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW.