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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 POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED MOST OF THIS WEEK

HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. HEAT INDICES IN EXCESS OF 100 ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS AND A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY HEAT INDICES SHOULD STILL APPROACH OR EXCEED 100 IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DIPPING INTO THE 70S AT NIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 DURING THE AFTERNOONS.

THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS. THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN THEIR RESIDENCES WILL ALSO BE AT RISK. ELDERLY PEOPLE OR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. 1.