...EXTENDED HEAT WAVE EXPECTED...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. HEAT INDICES TODAY ARE FORECAST TO TOP OUT IN THE
UPPER 90S TO NEARLY 105...WITH THE HIGHEST READINGS EXPECTED WELL
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE HEAT IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH
THE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S...AND POSSIBLY EVEN NEARING 100 AT
TIMES...THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. DURING THE HOTTEST AFTERNOONS
HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE.
A FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY...THEN STALL OUT NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE REGION
MUCH OF THE 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.
