.. DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...
AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A FIRM GRIP OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA ON TUESDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES... COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES CLIMBING ABOVE 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BECAUSE OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND COMPONENT... THIS DANGEROUS HEAT WILL ALSO IMPACT AREAS NEAR THE LAKE. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS... AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. THIS DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS HEAT INDICES AGAIN CLIMB TO 100 TO 105. COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL 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.
CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING HOT WEATHER WHEN THE CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH DANGEROUSLY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES!
Ouch! Now that's hot!
ReplyDeleteTry and keep cool, and make sure you drink a lot!
Drink a lot... but not the booze!!
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And please... find someway to keep that hot air from moving east!!!
That stuff is heading our way tomorrow and Thursday. :(
ReplyDeleteStay safe out there and keep hydrated.
stay cool...drink lots of clear fluids (no alcohol as Iggy said..water is the best) and don't work outside. We had 110 a couple of weeks ago..but of course our humidity was only 12%...still hot though
ReplyDeleteHotsie Totsie!!! Every year in GA you'd hear about a child who died in a car because of this. Parents either forget about them, or think "I'll only be a minute". So sad!
ReplyDeleteTry to keep cool!!! It's just as humid here in Italy as it was in southern GA, lol! But MUCH prettier!!!
We've had beautifully cool weather, but that is supposed to change next week. Hope you've been keeping cool.!
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