Once meteorologists at the National Weather Service determine that conditions for extremely unsafe heat will be met within 12 hours, they issue an excessive-heat warning. “When the outside air temperatures or heat index exceeds 95 degrees, the body is working even harder to try and cool off”. The heat index measures how hot the air feels when humidity is considered. The high will reach the mid-90s, with heat index readings at 115.
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“There’s some incredible heat and the humidity levels are extremely high as well”, said WWJ AccuWeather Meteorologist Dave Samuel.
“It looks like there may be a bit of relief in sight as you get into the early part of next week”, Dalton said.
The areas in dark green have a marginal risk of severe storms this afternoon.
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Be sure to drink plenty of water.
Due to that, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for the Chippewa Valley, for Thursday morning through Friday evening.
People most vulnerable for heat-related illness include the elderly, those who work or exercise outdoors, infants and children, the homeless or poor, and people with a chronic medical conditions. Pets also should be kept out of the sun and provided with plenty of water. “You can still go out, but you have to hydrate and take more breaks, and seek shade”, Mitchell said.
There is a slight possibility of thunderstorms on Friday afternoon in the northern part of the region and across the forecast area on Sunday as a frontal boundary approaches, according to the weather service. While not generating a lot of record daytime high temperatures, this heat wave may produce a lot of record nighttime low temperatures, with lows not dropping below the mid-70s at night in a large chunk of the nation.
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Temperatures were forecast to reach the 90s for most areas of the central US starting Wednesday and lasting into the weekend in some places.
