THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAT 100 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 112 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
