SEATTLE — Washington’s weather is cooling down after a weekend of record-setting heat.
The National Weather Service posed “red flag” warnings for additional thunderstorms over all of Washington except the coast on Sunday night. Lightning in those storms could pose a risk of sparking wildfires.
But the forecast calls for cooler temperatures working their way eastward through Monday.
Seattle recorded a high temperature of 87 degrees on Sunday, tying a record set in 1997.
It also recorded record highs of 88 degrees on Saturday and 92 degrees on Friday.
Temperatures on Saturday reached 94 in Shelton, 91 in Puyallup and 98 in Vancouver, Wash. Eastern Washington hit the triple digits, with Ellensburg at 105 and Walla Walla at 104.
On Tuesday, a storm system is forecast to move into the state, bringing the possibility of up to two inches of rain to the southwest-facing slopes of the Olympic and Cascade mountains.
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