Heat Adivisory Sunday, July 19th. Unlikely Thunderstorm Tonight

max_weisenfeld

Jul 18, 2015 at 3:59pm

Heat Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
308 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...

CTZ005-009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>071-190900-
/O.EXB.KOKX.HT.Y.0001.150719T1600Z-150719T2200Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
308 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY..AND
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 100.

* TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
RESULT IN HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 TO 104 DEGREES
FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

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.

&&

$$

Air Quality Alert
NJZ002-004-006-103>108-200300-
WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-
526 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

BERGEN...ESSEX...PASSAIC...UNION...AND HUDSON.

AN OZONE ACTION DAY HAS BEEN DECLARED. OZONE IS FORECAST TO REACH
THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS CATEGORY. SENSITIVE PEOPLE
INCLUDING THE VERY YOUNG...THE ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITH
RESPIRATORY DISEASES SUCH AS ASTHMA...SHOULD AVOID STRENUOUS
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NEW JERSEY STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT...
HTTP://WWW.NJAQINOW.NET

$$

max_weisenfeld

Jul 18, 2015 at 4:01pm

There is a small line of thunderstorms about 1 - 2 hours northwest of us. We will be on the eastern edge of the activity, with most of the action in a roughly west-east line from Harrisburg, PA to Bridgewater, NJ.

callista

Jul 18, 2015 at 4:49pm

I would like a big thunderstorm, please.

pansyfaye

Jul 18, 2015 at 5:03pm

I'll be glad for a little thunderstorm.

max_weisenfeld

Jul 18, 2015 at 5:20pm

Sorry. thunderstorm went pffttt.

callista

Jul 18, 2015 at 7:40pm

gulp It always does...

sac

Jul 19, 2015 at 9:46am

The weather forecast looks like more of the same at least through tomorrow, so why does the heat advisory end at 6:00pm today?

rhw

Jul 19, 2015 at 10:09am

Wow is it hot and sticky!

callista

Jul 19, 2015 at 10:50am

Even at 930 am it was nasty. Trying to talk hubby into taking kids to pool, so I can get some work done.

Dennis_Seelbach

Jul 19, 2015 at 10:52am

Weather Underground reports temp as 100.2

project37

Jul 19, 2015 at 11:28am

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sprout

Jul 19, 2015 at 11:29am

project37 said:
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I'm right there with you...

sac

Jul 19, 2015 at 12:00pm

project37 said:
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+100

joan_crystal

Jul 19, 2015 at 12:15pm

On another thread, someone just posted a power outage in Newstead.

TarheelsInNj

Jul 19, 2015 at 12:39pm

Oh gosh. I hadn't even thought about it. We're on our way home and I'm kicking myself for not leaving AC on for the dog...

soda

Jul 19, 2015 at 12:47pm

We had a couple of quickie power flutters earlier, but nothing since 4PM...

-s.

max_weisenfeld

Jul 19, 2015 at 1:20pm

Tomorrow, although a bit hotter, will not be quite so humid. For a heat advisory, they would have to expect the heat index (a measure of heat and humidity that accuweather sometimes calls the "real feel") to exceed 100 for at least two hours. With drier air tomorrow, they expect us to just make 100 or fall just short, but not to maintain it for long enough. Expect the city and perhaps even Newark to have advisories, but not us.

max_weisenfeld

Jul 19, 2015 at 1:23pm

The high today in eastern Maplewood was 91. In Newark, it was 97, but Newark's official readings are from the tarmac at the airport, and sometimes run as much as 5° warmer than here.

sac

Jul 19, 2015 at 1:28pm

My thermometer said 96 a couple hours ago and the remote sensor is in a north facing spot under the eaves of our house, so always in the shade and away from any heat generating appliances, etc. (I took a photo and put it on Facebook earlier actually.)

Dennis_Seelbach

Jul 19, 2015 at 1:31pm

max_weisenfeld said:
The high today in eastern Maplewood was 91. In Newark, it was 97, but Newark's official readings are from the tarmac at the airport, and sometimes run as much as 5° warmer than here.

Wunderground station in NW Maplewood (Dunnell & Buckingham) showed a high of 103.3. Current 93.