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Marion Weather: 'Dangerously Hot Temperatures' Expected with Heat Index up to 115 Degrees
The National Weather Service has announced a hazardous weather outlook and an excessive heat warning for Marion today.
The good news: We are going to get a little break from the oppressively hot weather.
The bad news: Not until Sunday.
The National Weather Service has announced a hazardous weather outlook and an excessive heat warning for Marion.
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Though today's high is currently 95 degrees, the excessive heat warning explains that due to the humidity and other meteorological factors that I'm ignorant of, the heat index should rise to 115 today, in the afternoon and early evening.
Here is how the NWS explains it:
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An excessive heat warning means that a prolonged period of dangerously hot temperatures and high humidity will occur. This combination will lead to a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are likely. Drink plenty of fluids...stay in an air-conditioned room...stay out of the sun...and check on relatives and neighbors...especially the elderly.
In addition to that, there's a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms on Saturday as a cold front moves in.
Be careful out there.
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