FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:
SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- A HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT
* HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 90S SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON…THEN SLOWLY COME DOWN SATURDAY EVENING.
* THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CREATE OPPRESSIVE
CONDITIONS WHICH MAY CAUSE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES TO DEVELOP
DUE TO PROLONGED EXPOSURE…PARTICULARLY WITH THE ELDERLY AND
THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
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 ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE
LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.