Active Advisories: Excessive Heat Warning
Currently
Reported at Twenty-Nine Palms, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, CA
2:56 AM PDT THU MAY 31 2012- 77°F25°C
Fair- Feels Like:77°F25°CDew Point:37°F3°CHumidity:24%
Winds:NW 13 mph 21 kph
Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Excessive Heat Warning
...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY... .THE ONGOING WARMING TREND WILL PEAK ON FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING DANGEROUS LEVELS FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-312200- /O.NEW.KVEF.EH.W.0001.120601T1700Z-120602T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 159 AM PDT THU MAY 31 2012 /159 AM MST THU MAY 31 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BELOW 4000 FEET FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA... SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: HIGHS NEAR 106 IN LAS VEGAS...107 TO 110 IN THE MORONGO BASIN...BARSTOW...MESQUITE AND OVERTON...113 TO 116 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER...AND NEAR 119 IN DEATH VALLEY. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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 911. &&
