HEAT ADVISORY

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HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY.


* MAXIMUM FORECAST HEAT INDICES: 105 TO 109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. 110 TO 115 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.


* TIMING AND IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH SUNSET... WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES TODAY THROUGH 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. PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN NON-AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS WILL ALSO BE MORE PRONE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... WITH NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICES EXPECTED TO FALL ONLY INTO THE LOW 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.
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.


TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK... THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.


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 IN THE SHADE IF POSSIBLE... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.