HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY.
* TIMING…A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES…UP TO 107 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S…AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S.
* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT- RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. THE VERY YOUNG… THE ELDERLY… THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING…AND THOSE PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. ALSO…CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.