Heat advisory in Metro Detroit and most of center of U.S.

Here's the video from WXYZ.




Heat Advisory Into the Weekend

As you can see, the heat advisory extends from metro Detroit south to Alabama, southwest to Texas, and west to the Kansas-Colorado state line. There is another area of heat advisories along the southern Atlantic coast. It's not just metro Detroit; most of the center of the country is affected and a strip of the southeast.

As for how long this will go on, here's the forecast for the summer in Warmest spring in Detroit history on Examiner.com.

Based on the ending of La Nina in the eastern Pacific and the return to neutral conditions, the NWS Forecast Office predicts that the above normal temperatures will persist through July, for fifteen consecutive months of warmer than average weather... The warm streak should break in August, when normal to slightly below normal temperatures should return.

So far, that prediction has been holding up.

For more, go over the jump.


At 10 AM today, the National Weather Service Office in Detroit issued the official word.

HOT WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND FOR METRO DETROIT...

.THE STRETCH OF HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE METRO DETROIT AREA. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER TODAY AND SATURDAY...HOWEVER HEAT INDEX VALUES BOTH DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WELL INTO THE 90S...AND EVEN CLOSE TO 100 TODAY NEAR THE OHIO BORDER. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF FOUR 90 PLUS DEGREE DAYS...COMBINED WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE 70S...WILL ADD TO THE HEAT STRESS AND CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

MIZ069-070-075-076-082-083-300800-
/O.CON.KDTX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120701T0100Z/
OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...
DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE
1003 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100.

* HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR SATURDAY.

IMPACTS...

* HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION...AND DEHYDRATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE HOT DAYS WILL ADD TO THE HEAT STRESS OF THOSE MOST AFFECTED BY THE HOT TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT
ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT
HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8

There are also announcements from the neighboring states of Indiana and Ohio at that page.

In addition to the heat advisory, there is an air quality alert in the form of an ozone action day in the area.

ST. CLAIR-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON...PONTIAC...WARREN...
ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...MONROE
422 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR FRIDAY JUNE 29TH...

THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY HAS
DECLARED FRIDAY...JUNE 29TH...TO BE AN ACTION DAY FOR
ELEVATED LEVELS OF OZONE. POLLUTANTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS RANGE.

THE ACTION DAY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING MICHIGAN COUNTIES...

MACOMB...MONROE...OAKLAND...ST CLAIR...WASHTENAW...AND WAYNE COUNTIES.

PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ARE URGED TO AVOID ACTIVITIES WHICH LEAD TO OZONE FORMATION. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE...REFUELING VEHICLES OR TOPPING OFF WHEN REFUELING...USING GASOLINE POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT...AND USING CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID. POSITIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE...CAR POOLING...DELAYING OR COMBINING ERRANDS AND USING WATER BASED PAINTS.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS...AND PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES SUCH AS ASTHMA...LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT...
HTTP://WWW.DEQMIAIR.ORG

There are also air quality alerts for Grand Rapids and northern Indiana on that page.

Stay cool and healthy, everyone!