Climate Central: Scorching temperatures above 110°F are more often associated with the stark landscapes of places like Death Valley than the cooler reaches of the Pacific Northwest. But a suped-up heat wave has left parts of Washington feeling much more like the desert Southwest and has shattered longstanding high temperature records in many spots. Also contributing was where the air moving over the region came from: A lot of this hot weather had originated in the desert Southwest, Brown said. Its also possible...