CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...
GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...
RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...
WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...
CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
344 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. A
HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE THE MID TO UPPER 90S INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS...IN TANDEM WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES
GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...WILL MAINTAIN HEAT INDICES
BETWEEN 103 AND 109 DEGREES INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

ON SUNDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AGAIN IN THE
UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S. HOWEVER...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL DROP DEWPOINT
TEMPERATURES A BIT LOWER FROM WHAT THEY WERE ON SATURDAY. AS A
RESULT...MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 105
AND 109 DEGREES.

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 IN THE SHADE IF POSSIBLE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES
AND NEIGHBORS.

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