Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Excessive Heat Advisory Through Thursday

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY TO
8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF VERY HOT CONDITIONS IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN THE SUN OR IN POORLY VENTILATED
AREAS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...
AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE IN AN AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENT.

1 comment:

Michael Detwiler said...

98 on tap for the Cookeville area over the next couple of days...when we see 98 on the Plateau, you know it's HOT! :)