Ambler Weather - Warnings / Advisories

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 428 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
THE STRING OF 90-DEGREE-PLUS DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TODAY...AND MAY WELL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. YESTERDAY WAS THE
HOTTEST DAY SO FAR WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S...
AND TODAY WILL BE JUST AS HOT. DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
IN THE 60S...WHICH WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FROM BEING
TOO HIGH...BUT HEAT INDICES IN THE URBANIZED AREAS OF THE DELAWARE
VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON.
LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY. AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER CONCEIVABLY COULD KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THE MIDDLE 90S AGAIN...BUT HIGHER DEW
POINTS MIGHT DEVELOP AND CAUSE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO AGAIN
REACH NEAR 100. MOREOVER...THE EXTENDED STRING OF 90-DEGREE-PLUS
DAYS LIKELY WILL BEGIN TO TAKE ITS TOLL.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
WEATHER IS OCCURRING. HEAT ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AMONG
THE ELDERLY...THE VERY YOUNG AND THE INFIRM. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT AND OUT OF THE
SUNSHINE...AND CHECK ON ELDERLY AND INFIRM RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.
MAKE SURE PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE PLENTY OF SHADE AND COOL
WATER. REGARDING PETS...THE MOST HUMANE THING TO DO IS TO BRING
THEM INDOORS. FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN URBAN AREAS WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE THE HIGHEST... MAKE SURE YOUR DWELLING IS WELL
VENTILATED. DURING THE HOT WEATHER...NEVER LEAVE A PERSON OR
ANIMAL IN A CLOSED VEHICLE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
$$
IOVINO/DELISI

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EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 428 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
THE STRING OF 90-DEGREE-PLUS DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TODAY...AND MAY WELL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. YESTERDAY WAS THE
HOTTEST DAY SO FAR WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S...
AND TODAY WILL BE JUST AS HOT. DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
IN THE 60S...WHICH WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FROM BEING
TOO HIGH...BUT HEAT INDICES IN THE URBANIZED AREAS OF THE DELAWARE
VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON.
LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY. AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER CONCEIVABLY COULD KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THE MIDDLE 90S AGAIN...BUT HIGHER DEW
POINTS MIGHT DEVELOP AND CAUSE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO AGAIN
REACH NEAR 100. MOREOVER...THE EXTENDED STRING OF 90-DEGREE-PLUS
DAYS LIKELY WILL BEGIN TO TAKE ITS TOLL.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
WEATHER IS OCCURRING. HEAT ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AMONG
THE ELDERLY...THE VERY YOUNG AND THE INFIRM. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT AND OUT OF THE
SUNSHINE...AND CHECK ON ELDERLY AND INFIRM RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.
MAKE SURE PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE PLENTY OF SHADE AND COOL
WATER. REGARDING PETS...THE MOST HUMANE THING TO DO IS TO BRING
THEM INDOORS. FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN URBAN AREAS WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE THE HIGHEST... MAKE SURE YOUR DWELLING IS WELL
VENTILATED. DURING THE HOT WEATHER...NEVER LEAVE A PERSON OR
ANIMAL IN A CLOSED VEHICLE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
$$
IOVINO/DELISI

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