HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY 02 JUNE TO 6 PM AST TUESDAY 06 JUNE A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT DUE TO A DISTURBANCE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS WILL CAUSE A WEAK VARIABLE WIND FLOW. THIS FEATURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE DISTURBANCE CLEARS THE CARIBBEAN AREA. ..HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM 34 TO 36 DEGREES CELSIUS …WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE LOW TO HIGH 80’S AND 90’S. THIS WILL MAKE FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES ( APPARENT TEMPERATURES ) AROUND 40 TO 45 DEGREES EACH DAY.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL NOT SUBSIDE MUCH AT NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY DROPPING INTO THE HIGH 20’S, AT 27 TO 28 DEGREES CELSIUS…THIS WILL ADD TO THE DANGER FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT FIND A WAY TO ADEQUATELY COOL DOWN.
EXCESSIVE HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER KILLER… PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE DANGERS EXCESSIVE HEAT POSES. YOUNG CHILDREN… ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH ILLNESSES OR HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST AT RISK. LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY IN THE MORNING OR UNTIL EVENING. IF YOU HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONER USE IT…OR AT LEAST OPEN WINDOWS AND ALLOW AIR TO CIRCULATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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(MOSTLY WATER)…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN.