The NWS has just issued a heat advisory for southern sections of western New Jersey thru most of the day on Saturday. We will hopefully see some relief from the heat and the humidity starting Sunday afternoon.

Some of the short range computer models are starting to hint there could be scattered thundershowers this afternoon starting as early as 3 pm. Be on the lookout for those if the skies turn stormy. We need all the rain we can get!

3 pm Forecast radar HRRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1208 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...MID SUMMER LIKE HEAT WAVE WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NEW JERSEY... AND THE DELMARVA
THROUGH SATURDAY...

.THE MID SUMMER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH
WIDESPREAD RECORD TEMPERATURES LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND NEAR
RECORD SATURDAY. IT WILL BE A BIT COOLER TONIGHT THAN LAST NIGHT
BUT TEMPERATURES WILL JUMP RIGHT BACK UP INTO THE 90S TOMORROW.

WHILE THE ADVISORY OFFICIALLY ENDS SATURDAY EVENING...IT WILL STILL
BE QUITE WARM ALL OF SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT RELIEF NOT
EASILY NOTICED UNTIL MIDDAY SUNDAY.



NJZ009-010-012-013-020-027-100515-
/O.EXB.KPHI.HT.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160910T2300Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...JACKSON...WHARTON STATE FOREST
1208 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF COASTAL NORTHERN NEW
  JERSEY.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 103 BOTH AFTERNOONS DUE TO TEMPERATURES
  IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

* OUTLOOK...COOLER WEATHER WITH LOWER HUMIDITY ARRIVES SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAT WILL LEAD TO INCREASED RISK FOR HEAT RELATED
  ILLNESS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO WORK OUTSIDE OR WHO DO NOT HAVE
  AIR CONDITIONING.

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 UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

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.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.