Excessive Heat Watch - Las Vegas Valley (Nevada)

Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:05:17
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING ...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY
RESULTING IN HOT TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-031230-
/O.CON.KVEF.EH.A.0004.100904T2000Z-100905T0200Z/
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...
KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...
MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...
HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...
SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...
SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
453 PM PDT THU SEP 2 2010 /453 PM MST THU SEP 2 2010/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA...FOR THE ELEVATIONS
BELOW 4000 FEET.

* EXPECTED TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 107
DEGREES IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...AROUND 108 TO 112 DEGREES FROM
MESQUITE SOUTH DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER...108 DEGREES IN
BARSTOW... AND 118 DEGREES IN DEATH VALLEY.

* GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: WITH RECENT HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY
BEING IN THE 90S LAST WEEK AND EARLY THIS WEEK...AND IT
BEING SO LATE IN THE SUMMER THE HUMAN BODY IS MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT STRESS THIS TIME OF YEAR. PLAN ANY
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN THE MORNING OR EVENING HOURS AFTER
SUNSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS 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.
&&

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage