...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE MID 90S TODAY
WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE PEAK HEAT INDICES
BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...SEVERAL DAYS OF BUILDING HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. THE
HEAT CAN BE MOST STRESSFUL ON SMALL CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...
OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS. LEAVING A CHILD OR A PET IN
AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE...EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME...CAN BE DEADLY.
THE HEAT COULD ALSO RESULT IN BUCKLING OF PAVEMENT AND DELAYS
ON COMMUTER RAIL LINES.
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.
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.
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