HEAT ADVISORY Through 8 P.M. Saturday

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... 

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. THE VERY YOUNG, THE ELDERLY, THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, AND THOSE PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. ALSO, CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. 

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT 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. 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. &&

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...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE MID 90S. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES PEAKING AROUND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.