AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY.
* MAXIMUM FORECAST HEAT INDICES: 110 TO 120 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. 110 TO 115 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY, ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH SUNSET...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANT STRESS ON INDIVIDUALS AND WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. ANYONE WORKING OUTSIDE...PLAYING SPORTS... WORKING OUT OR JOGGING OUTDOORS...DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH SUNSET...WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH
NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICES STRUGGLING TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S...WITH THE WARMEST READINGS IN URBAN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY IN THE SHADE IF POSSIBLE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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