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...VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A VERY HOT AND AT TIMES HUMID AIRMASS WILL BE ACROSS OUR AREA THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER, THE DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOWER HEAT INDICES. THE HUMID CONDITIONS THEN INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THEN HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER SUNDAY AND THEREFORE THE HEAT INDICES WILL BE CLOSE TO THE AIR TEMPERATURES. IT WILL BE COOLER ALONG THE COAST INTO NEXT WEEK.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 100 DEGREES SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THEN UP TO 105 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* 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 ... MIDDLESEX ... OCEAN ... 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. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY IS POSSIBLE. THIS COMBINATION CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. 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.