[californiadisasters] Excessive Heat Watches Expanded To NorCal (6/27/13-PM)

...DANGEROUS HEAT POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF  NEXT WEEK...    .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL BUILD INTO  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED  TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY  LONGER. WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY...THE AIR WILL FEEL MORE "MUGGY THAN  TYPICAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEAT WAVES. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT  LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 80S...OFFERING MINIMAL  RELIEF.    CAZ015>019-064-066-067-281300-  /O.NEW.KSTO.EH.A.0001.130630T2100Z-130704T0100Z/  NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-  SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-  NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-  NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO...SACRAMENTO...  STOCKTON...MODESTO...LAKEPORT...PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY  1210 PM PDT THU JUN 27 2013    ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED AN  EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON  THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.    * HEAT INDEX VALUES: TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY CLIMB    TO BETWEEN 105 AND 112 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.    * TIMING: SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.    * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STOCKTON...MODESTO...SACRAMENTO...CHICO...    REDDING...PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY...LAKEPORT.    * IMPACTS: INCREASED LEVELS OF HEAT STRESS TO PEOPLE AND    LIVESTOCK...WITH LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT OVERNIGHT.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS    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.    &&    INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA  WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO  WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO    $$

Source: NWS Sacramento

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