THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE

HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE

HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH

REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY

NIGHT.


* TEMPS/HEAT INDEX...HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE MIDDLE TO POSSIBLY

UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE

TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL

RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF UP TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. IN

ADDITION...LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS

WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S.


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.


AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF

DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT

TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION

IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY

IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP

ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.


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