National Weather Service Heat Advisory

..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.
 
* TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
 
* TEMPERATURE: 95 TO 100 VALLEY AREAS AND 90S CASCADES FOOTHILLS.
 
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...CAMAS...
  WASHOUGAL...HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...
  CORBETT...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...SALEM... MCMINNVILLE...
  SANDY...SWEET HOME...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND... OREGON CITY...
  GRESHAM...TROUTDALE...ST. HELENS...TOUTLE... ARIEL...COUGAR...
  COTTAGE GROVE...LONGVIEW...KELSO... STEVENSON...SKAMANIA
 
* IMPACTS: ELDERLY AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE.
 
* OUTLOOK: HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE RECOVERIES WILL
  HELP MITIGATE THE HEAT.
 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
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. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
 
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.