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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning,

here to catch you up on news at the end of this holiday week. Here are today's top stories. It's Friday, July 5th.

The heat cranked up today in the Northwest and is not turning back down to normal seasonal

temps for a week. Forecasters issued a heat advisory at noon today and at last through Monday night

at 10. Nights will only dip to the mid-60s, which won't give much relief.

Here are specifics from Reed Wolcott at the National Weather Service in Seattle.

It's going to be some warm nights, and it's important to remember that those low temperatures only occur for a brief moment of time.

You know, you've got temperatures that are dropping down from the 90s overnight and it takes

a long time for those temperatures to actually cool down.

So it'll be warm well into the overnight hours.

During this time, the National Weather Service says the risk of heat-related illness goes up.

That's especially true for people without a cool home to escape the heat in. Hydrating and

staying out of the sun are going to be important through at least Monday night. Cooling tents will

be open through the weekend at places where high risk groups such as homeless people congregate.

The King County Regional Homeless Authority will also do outreach with water and supplies

in the hottest sub-regions of the county.

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