Full Notification

...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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S THRU MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE COOLER ALONG THE COAST INTO NEXT WEEK.

* AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS EVENING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE HEAT INDICES BEING CLOSE TO THE AIR TEMPERATURE.

* 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. 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.