...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/
FRIDAY...
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL LIKELY TOP OUT
BETWEEN 97 AND 103.
* HEAT INDICES...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE
105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE EACH AFTERNOON. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY PEAK
OUT AT 115.
* OTHER...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. EXPOSURE TO
ELEVATED OZONE AND PARTICULATE LEVELS WILL ONLY SERVE TO
INCREASE STRESSES ON THE BODY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE VERY YOUNG
AND VERY ELDERLY...AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITH PULMONARY OR
RESPIRATORY DISEASE. ANYONE IN THESE GROUPS SHOULD LIMIT
EXPOSURE TO OUTDOOR AIR.
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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