“Extreme heat affects people of all ages, but some New Yorkers are more vulnerable than others, especially the elderly and people with chronic medical conditions”, Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito said in a statement on Thursday. Temperatures will soar to the upper 90s, but it will feel more like 100-105 degrees.
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The National Weather Service’s Chanhassen office says temperatures could hit 93 degrees in the St. Cloud area on Friday.
For the first time in at least a decade, portions of the nation’s three largest metro areas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, were all under heat wave alerts Friday morning. Washington, D.C., could join that list later Friday or Saturday.
Maps from the National Weather Service glowed orange Saturday.
Heat has a cumulative debilitating effect on people, and those spending time outdoors will be susceptible to dehydration and heat-related illness, the advisory said.
The high temperatures and humidity will create some “unstable” weather, bringing scattered thunderstorms later on today, Frugis said.
Officials also warned against leaving children or pets in parked cars, which can quickly become oven-like death traps in high heat. Air sinks under high pressure, preventing clouds and precipitation from forming. “If it gets hot or maybe the central air goes down, people come in to buy a unit”.
Today’s high temperature is likely to kick off a heat wave in Lancaster County. An all-time temperature record was set in Iraq where temperatures reached 128°F at Basrah.
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This week’s heat wave might not be exceptionally intense, but it’s certainly a far-reaching one.
