…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY.
* TIMING…DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING WITH LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AT NIGHT.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES…UP TO 107 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S…AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 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.