Excessive Heat Warning In Effect Until 8 p.m. Saturday

On Saturday afternoon, the neighborhoods are silent, save for the hum of air conditioners running at residences. At the pool club, the bathers hung lazily to the sides, chatting to pass the time in 97 degree heat. Anyone who bought an ice cream had to eat it quick. 

An excessive heat warning is in effect for much of the state, from noon until 8 p.m. Saturday evening. The heat index values are hitting 110 degrees. 

There is a slight risk of storms with damaging winds. 

On Sunday, temperatures are predicted to reach a high around 91 with 20 percent chance of storms, which, if they happen, will not provide much relief for the area, though your vegetable garden and grass will be happy. 

Next week, the mercury is predicted to hover in the mid-80s. 

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Heat Safety Tips

--- From the National Weather Service

Child Safety Tips

• Make sure your child's safety seat and safety belt buckles aren't too hot before securing your child in a safety restraint system, especially when your car has been parked in the heat.
• Never leave your child unattended in a vehicle, even with the windows down.
• Teach children not to play in, on, or around cars.
• Always lock car doors and trunks--even at home--and keep keys out of children's reach.
• Always make sure all children have left the car when you reach your destination. Don't leave sleeping infants in the car ever!

Adult Heat Wave Safety Tips

• Slow down. Reduce, eliminate or reschedule strenuous activities until the coolest time of the day. Children, seniors and anyone with health problems should stay in the coolest available place, not necessarily indoors.
• Dress for summer. Wear lightweight, light-colored clothing to reflect heat and sunlight.
• Put less fuel on your inner fires.Foods, like meat and other proteins that increase metabolic heat production also increase water loss.
• Drink plenty of water, non-alcoholic and decaffeinated fluids.Your body needs water to keep cool. Drink plenty of fluids even if you don't feel thirsty. Persons who have epilepsy or heart, kidney or liver disease, are on fluid restrictive diets or have a problem with fluid retention should consult a physician before increasing their consumption of fluids. Do not drink alcoholic beverages and limit caffeinated beverages.
• During excessive heat periods, spend more time in air-conditioned places. Air conditioning in homes and other buildings markedly reduces danger from the heat. If you cannot afford an air conditioner, go to a library, store or other location with air conditioning for part of the day.
• Don't get too much sun. Sunburn reduces your body's ability to dissipate heat.
• Do not take salt tablets unless specified by a physician.