Heat Advisory for Tuesday - Hou/Galvers

[GalvestonDuck]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

237 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2003



...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF

INTERSTATE 10 INCLUDING BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...GLAVESTON

...HARRIS...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA...AND WHARTON COUNTIES...



BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-

MATAGORDA-WHARTON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...PEARLAND...BAY CITY...

EDNA...EL CAMPO...WHARTON...HOUSTON...PASADENA...LIBERTY...RICHMOND...

SUGARLAND...TEXAS CITY...GALVESTON

237 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2003



...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TUESDAY...



THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL

CREATE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WITH

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S...AND

DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE

IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE

WEEK.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE

WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT.

HEAT EXHAUSTION...HEAT CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES...HEAT STROKE MAY

RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. FRIENDS...

RELATIVES...OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE AT RISK.



PETS CAN ALSO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. INSURE PETS

HAVE ADEQUATE DRINKING WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO REST. DO NOT KEEP

PETS IN CARS WITH WINDOWS ROLLED UP...EVEN PARTIALLY. TEMPERATURES

INSIDE A CAR WITH THE WINDOWS UP CAN REACH OVER 150 DEGREES

QUICKLY...RESULTING IN HEAT STROKE AND DEATH.

[weatherlover427]

:o Sounds like a hot one. Stay cool and drink plenty of fluids!

[GalvestonDuck]

Will do, and thanks for the concern!

I just pray that we don't read about some idiot leaving their child in the car.

[vbhoutex]

Will do, and thanks for the concern!

I just pray that we don't read about some idiot leaving their child in the car.

NO KIDDING GD!!!!!!! It seems that every time we have a heat advisory some IDIOT does that!!! "I'm only going in for a minute" and in that few minutes the temp in the car can soar to 150º!!

It got to 100.2º today at my house with the official at the airport being 97º. I know the heat index was around 104º today and we are expecting 105º to 110º for HI for the rest of the week, therefore we get the Heat Advisory.

[weatherlover427]

They do that here too ... people who do that should be locked up for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time and / or be ... n/m.

[PTrackerLA]

Hang in the SE Texas this is the hottest part of our summer's and by the end of next month we'll be looking for the first cold front! BTW, looks it will be in the mid/upper 90's in Lafayette later this week so we're gonna suffer too!

[vbhoutex]

The more the merrier I always say PT!!! Currently 100º with a heat index of 113º here. don't need he barby to cook out. Just throw it on the sidewalk and cook to your taste!!!

THANK YOU GOD FOR AIR CONDITIONING!! I do not know how those without air conditioning can survive this kind of heat! I am glad our rh is only 43% right now!!! This is downright brutal for those of us that are not AZ's.

[southerngale]

Yeah David, it is a suffocating HOT!! For lunch, I just pulled some potatoes out of the ground and threw on some butter, salt and sour cream and we ate....no baking necessary! :o