The sex hormones (androgens, estrogens and progesterone) and hormones produced in the adrenal glands. Adrenal gland hormones include the mineralcoritcosteriods and gluccorticosteriods. Steroid hormones have a few important functions in the body including water balance, sexual development and stress response.ater soluble hormones, however, act indirectly on target cells. Since the cell membrane has a lipid bi-layer, it is hydrophobic, or water fearing. This simply means that anything that is water soluble is not getting through.
Washington State's weather varies greatly from west to east, as the west is normally mild and humid, while east of the Cascades a cooler, drier climate prevails. The average annual temperature ranges from near 51 degrees along the Pacific Ocean coastline, to near 40 degrees in the far northeast.
CLIMATE OVERVIEW. Olympia, Washington, gets 48 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 8 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 111. On average, there are 136 sunny days per year in Olympia, Washington. The July high is around 76 degrees. The January low is 34. Sperling's comfort index for Olympia is a 75 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate. The US average for the comfort index is 54.