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...HUMID AND VERY HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS ON SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. HIGHS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOW AND MIDDLE 90S. HIGHS ON MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD FAVOR THE 70S.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE FORECAST AROUND 100 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRESENTLY, THEY ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOWER HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED. MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE FORECAST AROUND 100 TO 105 MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* PRE-EVENT CONDITIONS...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH 100 TODAY.

* IMPACTS...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE HIGH... ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THOSE ALREADY IN POOR HEALTH.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COASTAL OCEAN ... EASTERN MONMOUTH ... HUNTERDON ... MIDDLESEX ... MORRIS ... OCEAN ... SOMERSET ... SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON ... WARREN ... WESTERN MONMOUTH

Instructions:

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT IF POSSIBLE...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. KEEP PETS IN A COOL LOCATION WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE WATER.