...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 98 AND 104 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST READINGS WILL LIKELY BE
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* 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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