...EXTENDED HEAT WAVE EXPECTED...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING
WEEK 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
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.
