 It would make it easier to take over other towns in the area. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kyiv. Forecasters say a record-breaking heat wave will continue along the West Coast this weekend and spread into the Pacific Northwest. Ryan Lisi, who was attending a music festival in Portland, Oregon, say he and his friends were in the sun for about two minutes before seeking shade. We were in the sun for about two minutes and that was too much for the two of us. We've been shade dodging.