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Sharon Udasin-Yesterday 12:10 PM

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The Pacific Northwest is facing a particularly grim outlook when it comes to brutal summer heat, federal weather experts said on Thursday.

©Provided by The HillPacific Northwest braces for ‘hazardous heat’

Over the next two weeks, meteorologists are “favoring above normal temperatures at pretty high odds for much of the western part of the lower 48, with the highest odds across the Pacific Northwest region or the Rockies,” according to Jon Gottschalck, chief of operational predictions at the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center.

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The situation is expected to become especially dire for the Pacific Northwest, including the cities of Portland and Seattle, which could experience “hazardous heat,” Gottschalck warned. He spoke at a U.S. Drought and Heat Webinar hosted by the National Integrated Drought…