HOT DAY AHEAD - KEEP UP WITH TEMPS HERE

Keep up with the weather above all day on our site, and note this warning below:

.. HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS... NEW YORK CITY... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT... AND NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY.

* HAZARDS... HIGH HEAT.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES... 100 TO 105 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70.

* TIMING... WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS... THESE EXPECTED HEAT INDICES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE SPENDING PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME OUTSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 100 TO 104 DEGREES FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.