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...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL THEN GO IN EFFECT FROM 1PM TODAY UNTIL 8PM TUESDAY...


* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH 98 TO 105 DEGREES
  FOR SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD PEAK IN
  THE 100 TO 108 RANGE EACH AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE PROLONGED NATURE OF THIS HEAT WAVE MAKES IT
  ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO WORK OUTDOORS OR DO NOT
  HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. IF YOU MUST WORK OUTSIDE...TAKE PLENTY
  OF WATER BREAKS IN THE SHADE AND IF POSSIBLE SCHEDULE MORE
  STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES FOR MORNING OR IN THE EVENING.

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.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. 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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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO
9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...SATURDAY BUILDING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO THE MID 90S NORTH TO
  ABOVE 100 DEGREES SOUTH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 60S THIS WILL
  PUSH HEAT INDICES NEAR TO ABOVE 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED
  HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH
  HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY IF SIGNIFICANT PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  OBSERVED. THE PROLONGED NATURE OF THE HEAT BOTH DAY AND NIGHT
  WILL ACCUMULATE OVER TIME. PERSONS EXPECTED TO BE OUTDOORS FOR
  SEVERAL DAYS NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN THEIR
  ACTIVITIES.

Today: Patchy fog early, then partly cloudy, east winds 10 MPH, high near 94

Tonight: Partly cloudy, south winds 5-10 MPH, low around 70

Saturday: Partly cloudy, south winds 10 MPH, high near 98

Sunday: Mostly sunny with a high around 100

Monday: Mostly sunny with a high near 102

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal weather forecasters predict the unusually hot dry weather that has gripped much of the nation will linger into fall, especially for the parched heartland. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s outlook for August through October shows that nearly every state likely will have hotter than normal temperatures. Much of the Midwest is likely to be drier than normal, too.

Today: Some patchy fog early, otherwise mostly sunny, northeast winds 10 MPH, high near 93

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with light and variable winds, low around 65

Friday: Some early fog, then mostly sunny, east winds 10 MPH, high near 93

Saturday: Partly cloudy with a high around 96

Sunday: Partly cloudy with a high near 97

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The Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office said today (Wednesday) three more southwest Iowa counties will be under a ban on open burning. The Burn Ban begins in Mills County at Noon today. in Page County, the ban takes effect at 8-a.m. Thursday, and in Audubon County, at Noon on Thursday. Outdoor burning is prohibited without a permit issued by your local fire chief or Emergency Management Office, until further notice. The bans are being implented due to the lack of rain and extremely dry conditions, which could result in explosive fire danger in grassy and timber areas. Those fires could result in substantial property damage and endanger lives. A Burn Ban went into effect in Montgomery County at 8-a.m. today.

Today: Partly cloudy with an isolated afternoon shower or storm, south winds 10-15 MPH, high near 97.

Tonight: Partly cloudy with an isolated shower or storm, light northeast winds, low around 73.

Thursday: Partly cloudy, northeast winds 5-10 MPH, high near 95.

Friday: Partly cloudy with a high around 97.

Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high near 98.

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400 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2012

…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY…

* TIMING…THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COMBINED WILL IMPACT THE REGION
MAINLY IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE…TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH THE MID 90S ACROSS
THE SOUTH BY MIDDAY. EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL
REACH 100 DEGREES AND HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 105 DEGREES BY
MID AFTERNOON AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT
ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…WEAR LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING…
STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK
UP ON RELATIVES… NEIGHBORS AND PETS.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS…IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE.

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.

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…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY…

Montgomery County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman says a Burn Ban will be in effect for his County beginning at 8-a.m. Wed., July 18th, and until further notice. The ban was requested following a poll of fire department chiefs in the County, and approved by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. It means open burning is prohibited in Montgomery County. An application to your local fire chief can be obtained to allow a permit for an open burn if your local Fire Official believes it is safe to do so.  After approval of the permit, several entities within Montgomery County are informed to lessen the danger of false alarms.

Hamman says “Due to excessive heat and little to no precipitation over the last few weeks, Montgomery County rural areas are extreme to critically dry.  As a precaution to all residents in Montgomery County in this, “tinder box” condition, which is not only effecting Montgomery County but throughout the entire state.” Hamman says “This is a dangerous situation and we rely on the public to assist us in this ban.  The conditions are extremely favorable for a fast moving wildland fire that can destroy property and be life threatening if uncontrolled.  If adequate moisture is received, a revocation of the ban will be considered by all Montgomery County Fire Officials.” Hamman says also, that lit cigarettes should not be thrown from moving vehicles, residents should avoid using sky lanterns, and fireworks involving sparks or flames.

With the additional of Montgomery County, 31 counties in the State are currently prohibiting opening burning, due to the dry conditions, and extremely explosive fire danger possibility for grassland and crop acreages. Montgomery County is the only County in southwest Iowa to have instituted the ban, as of 5-p.m. Tuesday.

SKYSCAN FORECAST           Tuesday July 17, 2012              Harvey Freese

Today: Sunny.  SW @ 10-15.  H 98.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy.  Isolated Thunderstorms possible. L 72.

Wednesday: Sunny then Scattered Showers and Thunderstorms possible.  H 98.

Thursday: Sunny.  Isolated Thunderstorm possible.  H 95.

Friday: Partly Cloudy.  H 98.

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