...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

* HAZARDS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 95 AND
100 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON/S.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104.

* TIMING...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS MAINLY
FROM NOON TO 8 PM EACH DAY.

* FORECAST CONFIDENCE...HIGH CONFIDENCE THURSDAY WITH LOWER
CONFIDENCE FRIDAY AS SOMEWHAT LESS HUMID AIR OVERSPREADS
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS MAY
RESULT IN MORE OF A DRY HEAT FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES NOT
EXCEEDING AIR TEMPERATURES. NEVERTHELESS HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY AND PROBABLY INTO SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY LEAD TO HEAT ILLNESSES FOR
CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THOSE PERFORMING STRENUOUS PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAT INDICES OF 105 DEGREES OR GREATER. THE
COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A
DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. 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.  DURING OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AVOID
PROLONGED EXPOSURE IN THE SUN...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...TRY TO
STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT...AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

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. AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN THE SUN OR IN POORLY VENTILATED
AREAS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENT...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN 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.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

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