The flu usually pops up in colder months. So what does it mean if you start coming down with flulike symptoms in the summer?

The Washington State Department of Health also advises people not to leave pets or people inside of parked cars, eat light meals more frequently and continuously check on individuals who are elderly or ill. Warm temperatures bring about risks of heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Increasingly hot and dry weather and correspondingly low humidity has officials warning of fire danger and heat-related illness risks in the coming days.

A heat wave is forecast to settle into the Pacific Northwest beginning on Friday-Tuesday. A Heat Advisory has been issued for most of Western Washington and Northeast Washington.

A heat wave will cause dangerous heat across the Pacific Northwest this weekend. FOX 13 Meteorologist Abby Acone has your Seattle area forecast.