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SEVEREExtreme Heat Watch

Extreme Heat Watch issued June 9 at 9:16PM PDT until June 15 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Portland OR

Tualatin Valley; Inner Portland Metro; East Portland Metro; West Columbia River Gorge I-84 Corridor; Inner Vancouver Metro; East Clark County Lowlands; West Columbia River Gorge - SR 14

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* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures between 95 and 100 degrees possible. * WHERE...Portland Metro Lowlands, Western Columbia River Gorge, Inner Vancouver Metro, and East Clark County Lowlands. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat events. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures between 63 to 66 degrees are possible for Monday morning and Tuesday morning. However, there is a 10-20% chance that low temperatures remain above 70 degrees, which would lead to limited overnight relief.

Instruction

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in a cool place during the heat of the day, stay out of the sunshine, and check up on relatives and neighbors. For those without air conditioning, use fans to keep air moving. Keeps windows closed during the day and open at night, unless air quality is degraded due to wildfire smoke. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates. If you do not have air conditioning in your home or lack shelter, you can call 211 for assistance locating appropriate shelter from the heat.

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Pacific Northwest forest · Oregon

Weather field guide

Portland

The night opening around the northern forest.

The visual day has gone quiet; temperature, wind, insects, and edge movement become the living signals.

51°

mainly clear

High: 63°
Low: 50°
Feels: 46°
Last updated: Updated 2:45 AM

Today's field briefExtreme Heat

Photography gets the cleanest opening.

6p is the cleanest weather window. Extreme Heat Watch issued June 9 at 9:16PM PDT until June 15 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Portland OR Watch temperature, insects, and edge movement more than color or distant views.

Best outside

63° with 0% rain risk

Weather risk

Extreme Heat

Extreme Heat Watch issued June 9 at 9:16PM PDT until June 15 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Portland OR

Nature cue

After-dark signal

Watch temperature, insects, and edge movement more than color or distant views.

Do first

Photography

The next 24cedar canopy

Ten daysrain glass

Ten small weather plates: rain signal, sky language, and the temperature span the landscape will move through.

Today
Jun 10
Mainly clear
63°8% rain
50° low

The indexfield-journal

UV index0Lowsundial

In the area

Life nearby

Pacific Northwest forest

Night ecology

After dark, the weather matters less like a forecast and more like a veil. Mammals and insects become the likely actors nearby.

cedar canopyrain glasssound watermoss stonelow cloudferry lightlow light

Regional iNaturalist observations within roughly 50 km. Exact wildlife locations are intentionally not shown.

About Portland

“The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.”

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Plants
Pacific Trillium
iNaturalist regional observations

Plants
Oregon Grape
iNaturalist regional observations

Plants
Western Sword Fern
iNaturalist regional observations

Wildlife coming up

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

iNaturalist regional observations

Animal field note

Eastern Gray Squirrel keeps its own schedule.

Mammals tend to shift around heat, rain, and human noise, turning dawn, dusk, shade, and cover into the real local calendar.

Regional iNaturalist observations within roughly 50 km; exact public wildlife locations are not shown. Field-note copy is curated from taxon group, current weather, and regional observation context.

Also nearby

Mallard

Mammals & bears

fur + tracks

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
iNaturalist regional observations
2,478 obs in the regional sample
Coypu
Myocastor coypus
iNaturalist regional observations
2,439 obs in the regional sample
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
iNaturalist regional observations

Opening the weather.

Portland

Photography gets the cleanest opening.

Photography

Night ecology

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Forest trail

Yard work

What the weather is doing now.

Photography

Night ecology

Eastern Gray Squirrel