Heat Advisory for part of Southeastern Massachusetts Wednesday

Unseasonably hot and humid weather is heading for Southern New England on Wednesday. Temperatures in the low to mid 90s combined with high humidity will lead to a heat index in the low 100s in interior Southeastern Massachusetts during the afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued a rare mid-September Heat Advisory for most of Eastern MA away from Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod and the Islands.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
426 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEARBY
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

.EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WEDNESDAY
WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES AND HIGHEST HUMIDITY LIKELY
OCCURRING ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEARBY SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.  ACTUAL AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE MID 90S...HOWEVER WITH THE HIGH
HUMIDITY IT WILL FEEL LIKE 100 TO 104 DEGREES.

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CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...MANCHESTER...NASHUA
426 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEARBY SOUTHERN NEW
  HAMPSHIRE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...
  LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...
  BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...MANCHESTER
  AND NASHUA.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
  90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

* TIMING...1 PM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
  WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN THE SUN OR IN POORLY VENTILATED
AREAS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENT...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

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