...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY THIS WEEKEND...

.A HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH
SOME LOCATIONS REACHING 100. THE MOST DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF
HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE
TEMPERATURES WILL FEEL LIKE 105 DEGREES OR MORE. AFTER A MUGGY
NIGHT, IT WILL BE HOT AGAIN ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT WILL
BE BRING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN
TIME TO PREVENT ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY ON
SUNDAY IN SOUTHERN AND COASTAL AREAS.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EDT SUNDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 111 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100,
AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH HEAT CONTINUING
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR THE HUMAN BODY TO REGULATE ITS TEMPERATURE. HEAT
STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE SPENDING
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME EXPOSED TO THE HEAT, ESPECIALLY
WITH LOW TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO FALL BELOW 80 DEGREES IN
PLACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. 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. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

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