...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...

.AN EXPANSIVE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND COVER MUCH
OF THE AREA TO END THE WORK WEEK AND START THE WEEKEND. THIS
OPPRESSIVE REGIME WILL BE AIDED BY WARM AIR ALOFT PREVENTING
SHOWERS OR STORMS FROM FORMING FOR MOST OF THE AREA, PROVIDING
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RELIEF. AS A RESULT, HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED
100 DEGREES FOR MANY HOURS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
WITH MAXIMUM READINGS SURPASSING 105 DEGREES IN A FEW LOCATIONS.
ACCORDINGLY, A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY
EVENING. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH THAT WAS
IN EFFECT FOR THIS TIME.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 8 PM EDT
SATURDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES, AT
TIMES, BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. A FEW LOCATIONS
WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR A TIME BOTH AFTERNOONS.

* IMPACTS...CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HEAT INDICES ABOVE 100 DEGREES TO
AROUND 105 DEGREES COULD HAVE A CUMULATIVE IMPACT ON SOME
INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN PROLONGED OUTDOOR
WORK OR OTHER ACTIVITIES. ALSO, CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL
TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE PETS, CHILDREN,
OR THE ELDERLY UNATTENDED IN PARKED VEHICLES. THE EXTENDED
PERIOD OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY CAN WORSEN THE EFFECTS OF HEAT
STRESS.

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. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

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