[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 6/22/2003 4:47:07 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 230846
SPSPHI
DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027-
PAZ060>062-067>071-232200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - EXCESSIVE HEAT POTENTIAL 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
445 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2003

...BECOMING HOT AND HUMID THIS WEEK... 

THE WEATHER PATTERN THIS SPRING HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCIVE FOR VERY WARM 
WEATHER...HOWEVER CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE SHOWING HOTTER AND MORE 
HUMID AIR WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS WEEK. 

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECT TO RISE INTO THE 90S AT MANY LOCATIONS ON 
TUESDAY...WITH HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY...ALONG WITH RISING HUMIDITY LEVELS.  WET GROUND CONDITIONS 
DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL WILL ALSO HELP INCREASE HUMIDITY LEVELS. 

THIS UPCOMING HOT SPELL WILL BE A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM THE CLOUDY 
AND COOL WEATHER WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE WELL 
INTO THE 90S AND MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES BY MIDWEEK...AND THESE 
CONDITIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REQUIRE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES AND 
WARNINGS.  THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AS PEOPLE 
WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THIS HEAT WAVE DUE TO OUR COOL 
SPRING CONDITIONS.  

TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING HEAT AND HUMIDITY...CHECK AIR 
CONDITIONERS AND FANS TO BE SURE THEY ARE WORKING PROPERLY. EVEN 
CHECK THE AIR CONDITIONER IN YOUR VEHICLE TO BE SURE IT IS OPERATING 
CORRECTLY SO YOU WILL STAY COOL WHEN TRAVELING.

SOME TIPS ON STAYING COOL DURING HOT AND HUMID WEATHER...

DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING.
AVOID DOING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY...
INSTEAD COMPLETE ACTIVITIES IN THE MORNING OR EVENING. AND AS 
ALWAYS...SEEK AN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE 
HEAT.

$$

SZATKOWSKI


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