SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
524 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
EXTENDED HEAT WAVE EXPECTED...
AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE FRIDAY...HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO BUILD NORTHWARD BACK INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE HEAT IS FORECAST TO SPREAD NORTH SUNDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES NEAR OR POSSIBLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AND EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH NEXT WEEK. DURING THE HOTTEST AFTERNOONS HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE.
A FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT NORTH OF THE REGION AND ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD PUSH THIS FRONT SOUTH AND BRING BRIEF BOUTS OF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT...BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAT WAVE WILL BE RATHER UNRELENTING. THE LONG
DURATION OF THIS HEAT WAVE WILL TAKE A TOLL ON THOSE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT. HOSPITALS, EMERGENCY MANAGERS, AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF AN EXTENDED HEAT WAVE.
For more information: http://forecast.weather.gov/hazards/lot
