Archive for July 21st, 2011

21 Jul

Heat Advisory in Effect

Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont.

The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a HEAT ADVISORY for areas of Central Vermont including Windsor County:

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE HEAT
ADVISORY…FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* HAZARDS…EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES…UP TO 102 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
  TO MID 90S…AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

* TIMING…HEAT INDICES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB THROUGH THE DAY…
  PEAKING DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING.

* IMPACTS…EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY LEAD TO HEAT ILLNESSES FOR
  CHILDREN…THE ELDERLY AND THOSE PERFORMING STRENUOUS PHYSICAL
  ACTIVITIES DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT 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 IN ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

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