HEAT WARNING FOR NEW BRUNSWICK UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:50 ADT TUESDAY 16…

HEAT WARNING
FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:50 A.M. ADT TUESDAY 16 JULY 2019.
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HEAT WARNING FOR:
SUSSEX – KENNEBECASIS VALLEY AND KINGS COUNTY
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HUMIDEX VALUES REACHING 35 ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS.

A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO NEW BRUNSWICK TODAY AND PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY. FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN REGIONS OF THE PROVINCE, MAXIMUM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 DEGREES, AND HUMIDEX VALUES BETWEEN 33 AND 38, ARE EXPECTED ON BOTH DAYS. MINIMUM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR 18 DEGREES PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER ALONG THE COAST WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS BLOW ONSHORE.

TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE PROVINCE.

ELSEWHERE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN JUST BELOW WARNING CRITERIA.

DRINK PLENTY OF WATER EVEN BEFORE YOU FEEL THIRSTY AND STAY IN A COOL PLACE.

SHADE YOURSELF WITH AN UMBRELLA OR A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT.

WATCH FOR THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT ILLNESS:
DIZZINESS/FAINTING(SEMICOLON) NAUSEA/VOMITING(SEMICOLON) RAPID BREATHING AND HEARTBEAT(SEMICOLON) EXTREME THIRST(SEMICOLON) DECREASED URINATION WITH UNUSUALLY DARK URINE.

HEAT WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE OR HUMIDITY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO POSE AN ELEVATED RISK OF HEAT ILLNESSES, SUCH AS HEAT STROKE OR HEAT EXHAUSTION.

Tim Nickerson
Regional Emergency Management Coordinator-Region 8 / Coordinateur régional de la gestion des urgences-Région 8
NB Emergency Measures Organization / Organisation des mesures d’urgence N-B
Dept. of Public Safety / Ministère de la Sécurité publique