Edison, NJ Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 99 degrees expected.

* WHERE...Western Monmouth, Middlesex, Ocean, and Southeastern
Burlington Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Maximum heat indices near 100 degrees during
peak heating this afternoon and then again on Wednesday. Given the
intensity of this early season stretch of heat and humidity, we
are not fully acclimated to it and therefore impacts could be
greater if precautions are not taken. Showers and some
thunderstorms arrive later Wednesday afternoon and evening which
will end this early season heat.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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