Heat Advisory Valid: July 01 at 3:03AM PDT - July 02 at 11:00PM PDT

[G. Alan Ferguson]

 

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY.

  * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 104 IN THE ROGUE VALLEY TO AROUND 110 IN TH VALLEYS OF WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY TODAY AND TUESDAY...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY DROPPING TO THE MID TO UPPER 60S. 

  * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD... FORT JONES...YREKA...WEED...DUNSMUIR.

  * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE A STRAIN ON SOME COOLING SYSTEMS...AND THOSE WITH ONLY SWAMP COOLERS OR FANS WILL HAVE AN EVEN HARDER TIME DEALING WITH THE HEAT.  KEEP PETS COOL AND GIVE THEM PLENTY OF WATER IF THEY DO NOT COME INSIDE.  CHECK ON ELDERLY OR INFIRMED FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COPING WITH THE HEAT.

  * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

Additional Information

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THIS COULD 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.

Please check on the elderly and ill who may not be able to cope with the heat.  For those so inclined, I leave water out for feral animals or wild critters visiting us.  KNOW the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and what to do for each (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_symptoms_of_heat_exhaustion_and_heat_stroke.   If the person is NOT sweating and has an extreme body temp, get them to an ER quickly.  Their life depends on it.

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