Full Notification

Today's Fire Danger is VERY HIGH Burning Permits are SUSPENDED

EMERGENCY BURNING RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT

WISCONSIN WILL SIT BETWEEN AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING HOT AIR INTO THE AREA. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWER THAN THOSE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HOT AIR AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND COULD APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES AT THOSE LOCATIONS WHICH HAVEN’T RECEIVED MUCH RAIN RECENTLY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES HUMIDITIES AND WINDS APPROACHING CRITICAL LEVELS AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY.


HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY.

* HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S IN MOST AREAS WITH A FEW LOCATIONS TOPPING OUT NEAR 100 DEGREES.

* HEAT INDICES WELL INTO THE 90S ARE EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. HEAT INDICES COULD GET AS HIGH AS 105 AT A FEW LOCATIONS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* HEAT INDICES THIS HIGH INDICATE THAT PRECAUTIONS NEED TO BE TAKE TO PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.

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 UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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.

Instructions:

NO outdoor burning in DNR areas and remember that all of the area is just as dry so burning is not recommended in Wood County at all. HEAT ADVISORY in effect for worsening conditions throughout the day. Stay hydrated and take breaks if outside. Check on others and be careful.