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...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL BRING HOT TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH IT. COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...THIS WILL PRODUCE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OR ALL OF THE AREA INTO THE EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S OVER ALL OF THE AREA WITH SOME AREAS REACHING OR EXCEEDING THE 100 DEGREE MARK THROUGH MONDAY.

* HEAT INDEX...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 112 TO 115 DEGREES TODAY AND MONDAY.

* DURATION...LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS IS ANTICIPATED UNTIL TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCLUDING HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ORLEANS ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD ... UPPER TERREBONNE ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... WEST FELICIANA

Instructions:

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO 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.