From the National Weather Service: ...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT STRESS THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE HAS SETTLED OVER THE GULF STATES. THIS IS SUPPRESSING CLOUDINESS AND RAINFALL...THEREBY LIMITING THE TYPICAL RELIEF FROM DAYTIME HEATING. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SUNDAY. HEAT STRESS IS NORMALLY A RESULT OF CUMULATIVE HEAT CONDITIONS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. WITH LITTLE COOLING EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...THE HOT TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AFTERNOON CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 112 ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 TONIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S SUNDAY WITH HEAT INDICES 105 TO 112. * DURATION...OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...CUMULATIVE EFFECTS FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HOT AND HUMID TEMPERATURES CAN PRODUCE STRESS ON PERSONS THAT DO NOT TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A PARKED VEHICLE. INTERNAL TEMPERATURES CAN RISE TO 130 DEGREES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND BECOME FATAL. 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.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:16:48 +0000
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