...EXTENDED HEAT WAVE EXPECTED...
AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE FRIDAY...HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO
BUILD NORTHWARD BACK INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE
THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY CLIMB ABOVE
100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE HEAT IS
FORECAST TO SPREAD NORTH SUNDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES NEAR
OR POSSIBLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AND
EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH NEXT WEEK. DURING THE HOTTEST AFTERNOONS
HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE.
A FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT NORTH OF THE REGION AND ITS NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD PUSH THIS FRONT
SOUTH AND BRING BRIEF BOUTS OF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT...BUT CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAT WAVE WILL BE RATHER UNRELENTING. THE LONG
DURATION OF THIS HEAT WAVE WILL TAKE A TOLL ON THOSE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT. HOSPITALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND THOSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SHOULD PREPARE NOW
FOR THE POTENTIAL OF AN EXTENDED HEAT WAVE.
