Heat Advisory
... Heat advisory in effect from 2 PM Wednesday to 8 PM PDT
Thursday for the central and southern San Joaquin Valley and the
foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada and the Tehachapi
Mountains below 3000 feet...
The National Weather Service in Hanford has issued a heat
advisory for the central and southern San Joaquin Valley and the
foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada and the Tehachapi
Mountains below 3000 feet... which is in effect from 2 PM Wednesday
to 8 PM PDT Thursday.
High temperatures for the central and southern San Joaquin Valley
and the elevations below 3000 feet in the southern Sierra Nevada
and Tehachapi foothills will be in the 105 to 112 degree range
Wednesday and Thursday. Low temperatures Wednesday night will be
in the mid 70s to lower 80s. The combination of these near record
hot temperatures and high humidities will result in heat index
values as high as 112 degrees during the afternoon and early
evening hours in the downtown metropolitan areas.
In addition... the valley air district has issued an air quality
alert due to smoke impacts from fires throughout the central
California interior in effect until noon Wednesday.
Drink plenty of fluids... stay in an air conditioned room... and
stay out of the sun. Check up on anyone most susceptible to
excessive heat... such as an elderly neighbor... at least twice a
day. Pets are also susceptible to heat illness and should be cared
for accordingly.
Never leave children or pets in a vehicle... even for short periods
of time. Temperatures inside vehicles can climb rapidly to life
threatening levels... even with windows partially Open.
A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures will
occur. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will
combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are
possible.
Sanger/Barlow
Weather.Gov/Hanford
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