Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings issued across the area

Depending on where you live will depend if you are in a Heat Advisory or an Excessive Heat Watch. Either way it is going to be very warm and humid the next couple of days.

In the areas including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Springfield, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, and Plymouth, an Excessive Heat Watch is in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday Evening according to the National Weather Service.

Here is what to look out for:

* HEAT INDEX VALUES…100 to 105 degrees.

* IMPACTS…Heat related illness is possible.

* LOCATION…Parts of the Connecticut River Valley and most of eastern Massachusetts, especially in urban areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

An Excessive Heat Watch means that a prolonged period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sunshine, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

In the areas including the cities of Union, Vernon, Putnam, Willimantic, Charlemont, Greenfield, Orange, Barre, Fitchburg, Chesterfield, Blandford, Amherst, Northampton, Milford, Worcester, Fall River,
New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Ayer, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, and Newport, a Heat Advisory is in effect from 10:00 a.m. Tuesday to 9:00 P.M. Wednesday.

Here is what to look out for:

* HEAT INDEX VALUES…95 to 100 degrees.

* IMPACTS…Heat related illness is possible.

* LOCATION…Most of southern New England.

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 sunshine, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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.

In both the advisory and the watch, 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.