THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE

HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH

LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.


* TEMPS/HEAT INDEX...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO PERHAPS

UPPER 90S WILL COMBINE WITH OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO RESULT

IN DANGEROUS HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES BOTH

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED FROM

THE HEAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY WHERE LOWS

WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S WITH NIGHT TIME HEAT INDEX READINGS

LIKELY TO REMAIN ABOVE 90 DEGREES THROUGH THE NIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT

TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND

HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS 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.