Now it's an "excessive heat warning", says the National Weather Service:
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURE: HEAT INDEX READINGS…A MEASURE OF THE LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY… WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 108 DEGREES DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS: HEAT STROKE…HEAT EXHAUSTION…HEAT CRAMPS AND SUNBURN COULD BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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. ALSO…NEVER EVER LEAVE CHILDREN…THE ELDERLY OR PETS IN ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILES…EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EVEN IF THE WINDOWS ARE PARTIALLY OPEN… TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS.
