...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS

EVENING... j


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A HEAT

ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS

EVENING.


* TEMPS/HEAT INDEX...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER

TO MIDDLE 90S WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY RESULTING IN PEAK

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES.


* IMPACTS...THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH MOSTLY SUNNY

SKIES WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES

SHOULD PROPER PRECAUTIONS NOT BE TAKEN.


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 DURHING HOT

WEATHER WHEN THE CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A

MATTER OF MINUTES!
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