[EDIS] very hot conditions for the Los Angeles county valleys and mountains today

Thursday, August 30, 2007

[EDIS] very hot conditions for the Los Angeles county valleys and mountains today

LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. READINGS ARE RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND HUMIDITY VALUES ARE HIGHER. THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING OR EXCEEDING EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CRITERIA OF 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON IN MANY AREAS. IN ADDITION... NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. ... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL DURING THE EVENING HOURS BELOW HEAT WARNING CRITERIA.

Instruction:
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

Area: LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-

Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles,

Sent: 2007-08-30T10:59:55-07:00

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA

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Thursday, August 30, 2007