Both the Kansas City and Topeka National Weather Service (NWS) offices have issued "heat advisories" for hot temperatures and high humidities Saturday.
The heat could last into Sunday too.
Gusty south winds should help some- with additional relief expected with showers and thunderstorms and a cool front Monday morning.
Here are the NWS particulars for YOUR area:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
319 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009
...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER RETURNS...
.A HOT AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WIND WILL USHER IN SOME OF THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SUMMER OVER THE WEEKEND...ALONG WITH A GOOD DOSE OF HIGHER HUMIDITIES. ALTHOUGH THIS COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY IS MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMER...IT WILL FEEL ESPECIALLY UNCOMFORTABLE DUE TO OVER FIVE WEEKS OF UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER DURING JULY AND EARLY AUGUST.
(Counties) LEAVENWORTH- WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS- PLATTE- CLAY- JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF: LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...
PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY... WESTON... LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE
(Counties) ATCHISON KS- DONIPHAN- ATCHISON MO- NODAWAY- WORTH- GENTRY- HARRISON- MERCER- PUTNAM- SCHUYLER- HOLT- ANDREW- DE KALB- DAVIESS- GRUNDY- SULLIVAN- ADAIR- BUCHANAN- CLINTON- CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON- LINN MO- MACON- RAY- CARROLL- CHARITON- RANDOLPH- LAFAYETTE- SALINE- HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF: ATCHISON... TROY... TARKIO... ROCKPORT... MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY... ALBANY... STANBERRY... BETHANY... PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER... DOWNING... MOUND CITY... OREGON... SAVANNAH... CAMERON... GALLATIN... JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN... GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE... ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG... KINGSTON... HAMILTON... POLO... CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD... MACON... LA PLATA... RICHMOND... CARROLLTON... SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE... MOBERLY... LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA... MARSHALL... FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN
319 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE UPPER 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES. THIS WILL FEEL ESPECIALLY UNCOMFORTABLE DUE TO JULY AND EARLY AUGUST BEING UNSEASONABLY COOL.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
318 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...
(Counties) NEMAHA- BROWN- JACKSON- JEFFERSON- SHAWNEE- DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... HIAWATHA... TOPEKA... LAWRENCE
318 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
AIR TEMPERATURES RISING TOWARD 100 AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 105 TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION.
WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT... LIGHT COLORED... LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN.
USE A SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN.
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