We have issued a Yellow Local Alert Weather Day for Monday as the mercury in the Thermometer will reach the middle to upper 90s in Central Oregon. The 90-degree day comes early in the season when our normal high should be around 72 degrees. This day also comes on the heels of two 90-degree days (Saturday and Sunday), making this heat wave more impactful.

The dry and hot days prior to Monday are setting the stage for another potential issue, fire danger. The heat and dry pattern this weekend will allow for quick ignition of a fire and rapid spread.

If this were the middle of August our Alert Day would not have been issued, but since we are only in the month of June, we wanted to get out ahead of this late Spring heat wave.

Today we are going to get to the low 90s under mostly sunny skies

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