...EXTENDED HEAT WAVE EXPECTED...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY WITH HIGHS
IN THE 90S...AND POSSIBLY EVEN NEARING 100 AT TIMES. DURING THE
HOTTEST AFTERNOONS HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER 105 DEGREES ARE
POSSIBLE.
A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...THEN STALL OUT NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE REGION MUCH OF
THIS WEEK. ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT BOUTS OF THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PUSH THIS FRONT SOUTH AND BRING SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AT
TIMES THIS WEEK...BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAT WAVE COULD
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.
