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!