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...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FRIDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES...100 TO 105 ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON... 105 TO 110 ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND 102 TO 107 ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FAVOR THE 70S.

* TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH EXCESSIVE LEVELS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

* IMPACTS...THE MULTIPLE DAY EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED HEALTH ISSUES...ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THOSE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS LUNG AND HEART DISEASE.

* OUTLOOK...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST SHOULD ARRIVE EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK BRINGING SOME RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: HUNTERDON ... MIDDLESEX ... OCEAN ... SOMERSET ... SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON ... WESTERN MONMOUTH

Instructions:

THIS HEAT ADVISORY AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEAN THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL OCCUR. THE CONDITIONS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAT-RELATED HEALTH ISSUES AMONG SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUALS. BE SURE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT IF POSSIBLE...STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK ON ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. DURING HOT WEATHER A CAR INTERIOR CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO THE EARLY MORNING OR LATE EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN A SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.