...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
THIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
THIS EVENING.
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 108
TO 110 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.



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