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...MID SUMMER LIKE HEAT WAVE WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NEW JERSEY... AND THE DELMARVA THROUGH SATURDAY... .THE MID SUMMER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH WIDESPREAD RECORD TEMPERATURES LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND NEAR RECORD SATURDAY. IT WILL BE A BIT COOLER TONIGHT THAN LAST NIGHT BUT TEMPERATURES WILL JUMP RIGHT BACK UP INTO THE 90S TOMORROW. WHILE THE ADVISORY OFFICIALLY ENDS SATURDAY EVENING...IT WILL STILL BE QUITE WARM ALL OF SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT RELIEF NOT EASILY NOTICED UNTIL MIDDAY SUNDAY. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF COASTAL NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 103 BOTH AFTERNOONS DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

* OUTLOOK...COOLER WEATHER WITH LOWER HUMIDITY ARRIVES SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAT WILL LEAD TO INCREASED RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO WORK OUTSIDE OR WHO DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

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

Instructions:

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.