Hot temperatures and high humidity will once again combine to make it feel like 100°+ in much of inland Southern New England on Friday. The temperature is expected to reach the low to mid 90s with dew point temperatures in the low 70s. When combined, the heat index should top 100°, which could cause heat-related illness in for those sensitive to hot weather. It will not be as brutal near the coast because of a southwesterly wind that will keep the temperature in the 80s.
See below from the National Weather Service office in Taunton, MA.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 407 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...HEAT INDICES WILL BE AT 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON... .HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REACH WELL INTO THE 90S ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. THIS HEAT COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAZ005>007-013>019-RIZ001>004-051615- /O.EXT.KBOX.HT.Y.0002.130705T1500Z-130706T0000Z/ 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-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 407 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104 DUE TO TEMPERATURES NEAR 95...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. * TIMING...THE MOST HAZARDOUS OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERSONS OUTDOORS FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME ON INDEPENDENCE DAY COULD BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT ILLNESSES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY OUT OF THE SUN WHEN 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. && $$
