[LeArc] Heat Advisory

[Brandon Sullivan]

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.
DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S...AND MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT FALL BELOW THE MID 70S AT NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURES
TO PUSH HEAT INDEX READINGS ABOVE 105 DEGREES DURING THE DAY.

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED.  THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE
HEAT ILLNESSES.  DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.