...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/ WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CDT WEDNESDAY.
* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER
90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES...WITH HIGHS 100 TO 104 ON WEDNESDAY.
* HEAT INDICES...PEAK HEAT INDEX READINGS TODAY WILL BE BETWEEN
100 AND 105 DEGREES. ON WEDNESDAY HEAT INDICES ARE LIKELY TO
REACH 103 TO 108 DEGREES.
* OTHER...IF CURRENT FORECASTS HOLD THEN ADDITIONAL HEAT
ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING HOT
WEATHER WHEN THE CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES!
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