...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
* TEMPERATURES...LOWS OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 70S TO
LOWER 80S. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL AGAIN BE AROUND 100 DEGREES
BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING AN END TO
THIS OPPRESSIVE HEAT.
* HEAT INDICES...REMAINING IN THE 90S THIS EVENING...WHILE
GENERALLY PEAKING AROUND 105 DEGREES ON SATURDAY.
* OTHER...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED THROUGH SATURDAY
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 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 A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.
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