Excessive Heat Warning

Another day off work today, but after yesterday's excursions and the fact that our region is now under an Excessive Heat Warning I decided to postpone my planned trip to Mount Rainier.  I'll go another time, maybe even this weekend if I can get up early enough to avoid the worst of the weekend crowds.  The Excessive Heat Warning is a severe weather alert issued by the National Weather Service (the nearest the US has to the Met Office) and states that "unusually hot weather is forecast to begin today and continue through Friday.  Widespread record highs are expected.".  Seattle has only gone above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (about 38 degrees Celsius) 3 times since records began, but they expect a 4th time this week.  This is where the widespread lack of AC in our area is a real downer...