[LeArc] HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH MON MORNING.

Duane Whittingham [email protected]
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 03:43:44 -0500


..DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MON MORNING...
A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL TRANSPORT HOT & HUMID AIR INTO THE 
REGION TODAY & TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO 
THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITY LEVELS 
WILL ALSO BE HIGH AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S 
MUCH OF THE DAY.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT 
INDICES THIS AFTERNOON & THIS EVENING.  HEAT INDICES WILL NOT FALL 
VERY MUCH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIMIT THE ABILITY OF BUILDINGS TO 
COOL OFF.

RELIEF FROM THE HEAT & HUMIDITY WILL COME IN THE FORM OF SOME LATE 
NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG A 
DEVELOPING FRONT OVER N. IOWA & S. MINNESOTA THIS 
EVENING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SE INTO THE MID 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH EXTREME 
TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 105 DEGREES OR HOTTER FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. AVOID THE SUN, STAY IN A COOL LOCATION, & DRINK PLENTY OF 
WATER.

TO HELP YOUR BODY STAY COOLER, WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT, LIGHT COLORED
CLOTHING, SINCE IT REFLECTS HEAT & SUNLIGHT.

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CEDAR RAPIDS...BURLINGTON...BETTENDORF...ANAMOSA...OQUAWKA...
MOUNT CARROLL & MOUNT STERLING

..A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH MON 
MORNING...
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S THIS 
AFTERNOON.  THE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL 
CREATE HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110.  OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE 
MIDDLE 70S & CONTINUED HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES 
IN THE 80S.

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JDH/DLF

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