EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH!!!

[bfez1]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004

LAZ056>070-MSZ080>082-140930-
ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-
ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
430 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR CREATING DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HEAT FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THESE AREAS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO
DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES THURSDAY
APPROACHING THE MID 90S PRODUCING HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE 105 TO
110 DEGREE RANGE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE THEN POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HIGH
HUMIDITIES TO COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT
IS 105 DEGREES OR GREATER DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
MAKE A DANGEROUS COMBINATION FOR INDIVIDUALS IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN. EXCESSIVE HEAT CAN KILL PEOPLE BY TAXING THE HUMAN
BODY BEYOND ITS ABILITY TO COOL ITSELF. IN A NORMAL YEAR...ABOUT 175
AMERICANS DIE FROM THE HEAT.

EXCESSIVE HEAT CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY FOR
CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS WHO 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 WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS
EXCESSIVE HEAT EPISODE.

[yoda]

Stay Safe down there and keep cool!

[Opal storm]

Yeah it's hot down here,but click on this forecast and then you'll see how good we got it.
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/US ... arch_10day

[PTrackerLA]

Looks like the rains won't return until about Sunday, and I can't wait for them to do so. Currently 94 w/ a H.I. of 106.