Not like we really needed any re-confirmation, but it will be hot tomorrow and Friday - dangerously so. Here's the detail of the Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service:
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. * HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL SOAR TO AROUND 100 BOTH AFTERNOONS. * THURSDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S AND VERY MUGGY... NOT ALLOWING RECOVERY FROM THE HEAT. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE OUTDOOR HEAT COULD BE DANGEROUS... MAKING HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/HEAT.
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