Active Advisories: Heat Advisory
Currently
Reported at Lima, Lima Allen County Airport, OH
10:53 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 86°F30°C
Clear- Feels Like:87°F30.4°CDew Point:63°F17°CHumidity:46%
Winds:SSE 10 mph 16 kph
Pressure:30.09 in1019 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Heat Advisory
...RECORD HEAT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL PROVIDE VERY HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 BY NOON WITH HIGHS PEAKING OUT IN THE MIDDLE 90S. A FEW CLOUDS MAY PASS OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM THE HOT CONDITIONS. THE INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100. INZ003>006-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-OHZ004- 005-015-016-024-025-272300- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0001.120527T1600Z-120527T2300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- BERRIEN-CASS MI-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1119 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /1019 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 95 AND 100. IMPACTS... * ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TODAY SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE TO STAY HYDRATED AND AVOID SUNBURN. THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT RESTS IN SHADED AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. &&
