Excessive Heat Warning/Heat Advisory for Mid-West

[CaptinCrunch]

Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
353 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005

.A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION AND BECOME
ALMOST STATIONARY FROM TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER TO THE AREA.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100
DEGREES...AND HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES. THIS
DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND
UPCOMING WEEKEND.


...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS MO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE NEAR 100 DEGREES WITH HEAT
INDICES RANGING FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES
ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S...WHICH WILL PROVIDE
LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE DAYTIME HEAT.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURE AND
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 105 DEGREES
OR GREATER FOR 3 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

THIS BUILD-UP OF HEAT WILL MAKE HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES A VERY REAL
AND DANGEROUS THREAT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LIVING IN HOMES OR
APARTMENTS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA ARE
ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PROPERLY VENTILATED AREAS...AND PROLONGED WORK
IN THE SUN. USE THE AIR CONDITIONING IN YOUR HOUSE OR APARTMENT IF
ITS WORKING PROPERLY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING...KEEP YOUR
HOUSE OR APARTMENT WELL VENTILATED WITH FANS... AND TRY TO SPEND SOME
TIME IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT TO GIVE YOUR BODY A BREAK FROM
THE HEAT.

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 90S
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEW
POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES EACH DAY.

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...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A PROLONGED DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE.

[cancunkid]

Okay enough already! I am sick of the heat. Last year I bought one of those big pools set it up and it was cool all summer. In October I decided well that was cheap enough I will just toss it out rather than try to store it and deal with spiders and holes etc. Now I didn't buy one this year and it is baking. I started housesitting yesterday and thought cool they have a big house great AC and a big pool.....today I went out and burned my feet on the pool decking which the edge around the pool is stained dark brown???! then I reached out for the ladder and burned my hand. Only good thing was when I went to take a shower the pilot light is out on the water heater and the shower was nice and cold.

[Guest]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
303 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005...CORRECTED SATURDAY HEAT INDEX

.A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL MOVE
EASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR VERY HOT CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE...AND A SOUTH WIND AT
NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL STAY VERY WARM DURING THE OVERNIGHT
PERIODS AS WELL.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAHA...NORFOLK...LINCOLN...FALLS CITY...
COLUMBUS AND BEATRICE
303 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA NEBRASKA HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY.

LOWS TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR
80 ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE AREA. THIS ALONG WITH VERY MUGGY
AIR WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR THE HEAT INDEX TO DROP INTO THE 85 TO 90
DEGREE RANGE. THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
100 TO 105 RANGE...WITH HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES FOR MOST
OF THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER VERY WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE
FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION, CRAMPS, OR IN EXTREME
CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE
CONDITIONS. FRIENDS, RELATIVES, OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE
WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

$$

BOUSTEAD/NICHOLSON

[sertorius]

We here in Lawrence have been a heat advisory for the past 2 days and will be in one untill Sunday night. Today, we hit 103 with a heat index of 111. I'm really not sure why St. Louis is in exessive heat while KC and Topeka offices have just issued a heat advisory when we will have the same temps. and even longer. I can see why Lawrence is not as it is not a big metropol. area, but I figured if St. Louis was KC would be as well-I guess because we have stretches of 100 degree days pretty often here-at least once a summer many times 3-4 times a summer. Oh well-it is hot for sure, but this will not last past Monday-in 2003, we had to 10 day stretches of 100 degree days. Summer in Kansas-what can you say!!!

[Hurricaneman]

Those 100 degree temps are headed for places like chicago

[Pebbles]

Those 100 degree temps are headed for places like chicago

sure is! we are for-casted for 101 degrees Sunday now... with heat index up to 115. This definitely meets criteria for the city to implement it's heat plan, which by the way the city of Chicago has it set up special with the NWS that they declare excessive heat warnings..not NWS as happens in the rest of the country. Wonder if we are going to break and all time record? Blah.. gonna have sticky tar streets and cruddy feeling skin from pollution from this. Can see the haze coming off the streets during this type of heat too. Saving grace is it won't be hitting over 100 multiple days in a row like in 1995. But upper 90's Sat and Monday with lows only going in mid 70's at night is still going to cause problems for our high population in the poverty level.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
645 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

.DISCUSSION FOR AFTERNOON ZONES...
305 PM CDT

HOT WEATHER TO CONTINUE WITH CONCERN FOR MAX TEMPERATURES SUNDAY. H8
TEMPS CONTINUE WARMING TREND WITH CLOSED +28 OVER NORTHERN IL BY 00Z
MON. THOUGH BRINGING THIS AIR DOWN DRY ADIABATICALLY JACKS MAX ABOVE
ALL-TIME HIGH, NO DOUBT THAT TEMPS WILL BUMP INTO 100S BY LATE
AFTERNOON. MIGHT ANTICIPATE MOS GUIDANCE TO CLIMB A FEW MORE DEGREES
AS TIME GETS CLOSER TO SUN GIVEN TO MOVE TOO FAR FROM CLIMATOLOGY IN
EXTREME CASES. DEWPOINTS AT SAME TIME PUSH 70F WITH SOME SLIGHT
DECLINE NOTED IN MODEL DATA AT TIME OF MAX TEMP.

[simplykristi]

It was already in the mid to upper 90s here by noon today. It's just too hot to do anything.

Kristi

[chadtm80]

http://www.storm2k.nhcwx.com/hw3.php?fo ... x480&key=0

[simplykristi]

We are now under an excessive heat warning until 7 PM Monday evening.

Kristi

[Aslkahuna]

The criteria for heat advisories are geared to averages and how much above your average highs you get. For places in the deserts, temperatures and even HI values below 110F don't get that much notice. In fact, 90's are considred to be just warm even when the dewpoints are up around 75-80 in Yuma.

Steve

[Pebbles]

The criteria for heat advisories are geared to averages and how much above your average highs you get. For places in the deserts, temperatures and even HI values below 110F don't get that much notice. In fact, 90's are considred to be just warm even when the dewpoints are up around 75-80 in Yuma.

Steve

I think alot of it has to do with adapting too. For example I was born and raised in chicago. While living in NC I adjust to the hotter temps and they didn't bother me, but the first winter back in Chicago was SHOCKINGLY cold. Also while AC is pretty much 'required' in hotter climates for comfort ...many in Chicago and other upper midwest area's don't have it.

The cost of heating during the cold months has become insane (way insane compared to even 10 years ago) and people simply can't afford to cool in summer to. Most are using 12 month payment plans to spread out the cost of heating so they are paying a couple hundred a month even in july and august for past heating bills. Usually it's doable untill something like this happens. Their bodies are 'shocked' by heat they are not use to coping with. And lifestyle is so different people don't know how to slow down (people down south really do things slower midday then here.. they don't think about it as it's habit) or don't recognise the warning signs or simply are not able to get to a cool place due to mobility issues. That's why 1995 was so deadly in Chicago. Just keeping my fingers crossed the people USE the cooling shelters now available.

[CaptinCrunch]

Hell has paid the Mid-west a visit and looks to by staying around for awhile. Very hot summers sometimes lead to very cold winters. The NWS here in Ft Worth TX said if the high was 300 miles futher south we would be talking about a 1980 repeat.

100°F Weather Summary for Dallas/Fort Worth

Fast Facts for Summer of 1980

29 tied or broken daily records
Most: 69 (1980)
Most consecutive: 42 (Jun 23 - Aug 3, 1980)
Highest temperature: 113°F (Jun 26, Jun 27, all time record)
Highest monthly average maximum temperature: 105.3°F (July, all time record)
Highest monthly average: 92°F (July, all time record)
7th driest June through August: 1.96" (normal 6.36")

[Pebbles]

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1157 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON...

.HOT HUMID AIR OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY WILL HELP
SEND AFTERNOON HIGHS INTO THE LOWER 100S. COMBINED WITH HIGH
HUMIDITY THIS WILL FORCE HEAT INDEX VALUES TO THE 110 TO 155
RANGE.

155 is such an obvious typo but made me think.. what's the highest temp/heat index ever?

[sertorius]

Just a quick report: our high yest. was 106 with heat index of 115. Currently we are at 100 and 109. It is def. hot, but the good thing, this is not a prolonged event like we can can many times see here. Thanks goodness the high is moving and does not stagnate like it so often does here. Pretty much typical summer weather here in Kansas!!!

Aslkahuna: Thanks for the info on the criteria. The more I thought about it after I posted, the more I realized that we will only be about 10 degrees above normal and that we get stretches of 100 degrees here quite often-thus the advisory and not the warning-I also thought: In winter we can have highs 30 degrees below normal (around 0-10 degrees)-imagine if we had highs in the summer 30 degrees above normal for 3-5 days???? Wow-125 degrees here with 80% humidity-yuuuuukkkk!! I guess there is nothing to say it can't happen-if it can go that low in winter-it could go that high in the summer!!! Made me relaize my 2 days of 100 were not so bad!!!