A Heat Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service:
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1124 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2010
…DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON…
.HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID
90S AND COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS NEAR 70 WILL CREATE HEAT INDICIES OF 95 TO 100. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 70S
PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.[…]
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY…
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY.
* HEAT INDICIES WILL CLIMB TO DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE RELIEF EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 95 TO 100 WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 70S
PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF.* THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL POSE A RISK FOR HEAT STRESS FOR THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON.
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.
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