NOW... SHOWERS AND AN OCCASIONAL CLAP OF THUNDER CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER NORTHERN COOK COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM NORTHBROOK...SOUTHEAST THROUGH EVANSTON. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL WET HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. FOR THE CHICAGO METRO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM THE CHICAGO COAST. MOST WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN SHORT LIVED AND TYPICALLY DO NOT MOVE ON TO LAND. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING.
* TEMPS/HEAT INDEX...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES.
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.
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO 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 LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES!
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