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Eastern Jackson County, MO —
An ozone alert ha been posted for the Kansas City area for Thursday, the third in four days as the hot weather compounds ground-level air pollution.
The alert is for Thursday, posted this afternoon by the Mid-America Regional Council, which puts up a daily "sky cast" during warm weather months. Ratings run to green, yellow, orange and red. Orange and red are ozone alerts. Thursday will be te fourth orange day ths year. To help out, residents are avdvised to drive less, take public transportation, avoid using gas-powered outdoor equipment such as lawnmowers and only fill up vehicles after sundown. The Kansas City ATA charges just 75 cents on ozone alert days.
The area also continues to be under an excessive heat warning through Saturday evening. The warning extends to an area far beyond the metro area, taking in most of Missouri and Kansas, roughly from Kirksville, Boonville and Osage Beach in Missouri to Concordia, Salina and Hutchinson in Kansas.
The National Weather Service is emphatic about the danger, citing "potentially life-threatening heat and humidity across eastern Kansas and western into central Missouri through at least Saturday."
For Kansas City, after a high of around 100 today, the Weather Service forecast calls for a high of 104 Thursday and a low of 77, followed by 101/77 Friday, 98/77 Saturday and 96/77 Sunday.
Authorities advise drinking plenty of water and avoiding beverages with caffeine, sugar or alcohol. Stay in the air conditioning when you can, and avoid cooling just with a fan. Area cooling centers such as Vesper Hall in Blue Springs and the Salvation Army in Independence are open. Call 211 for other sites. If you have to be outdoors, find shade and keep drinking plenty of water. Do any outdoor work before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m., and take frequent breaks. Know the signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and get help quickly if symptoms appear. Read more at www.redcross.org
Mid-America Regional Council: www.marc.org
National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill: www.weather.gov/pleasanthill
An ozone alert ha been posted for the Kansas City area for Thursday, the third in four days as the hot weather compounds ground-level air pollution.
The alert is for Thursday, posted this afternoon by the Mid-America Regional Council, which puts up a daily "sky cast" during warm weather months. Ratings run to green, yellow, orange and red. Orange and red are ozone alerts. Thursday will be te fourth orange day ths year. To help out, residents are avdvised to drive less, take public transportation, avoid using gas-powered outdoor equipment such as lawnmowers and only fill up vehicles after sundown. The Kansas City ATA charges just 75 cents on ozone alert days.
The area also continues to be under an excessive heat warning through Saturday evening. The warning extends to an area far beyond the metro area, taking in most of Missouri and Kansas, roughly from Kirksville, Boonville and Osage Beach in Missouri to Concordia, Salina and Hutchinson in Kansas.
The National Weather Service is emphatic about the danger, citing "potentially life-threatening heat and humidity across eastern Kansas and western into central Missouri through at least Saturday."
For Kansas City, after a high of around 100 today, the Weather Service forecast calls for a high of 104 Thursday and a low of 77, followed by 101/77 Friday, 98/77 Saturday and 96/77 Sunday.
Authorities advise drinking plenty of water and avoiding beverages with caffeine, sugar or alcohol. Stay in the air conditioning when you can, and avoid cooling just with a fan. Area cooling centers such as Vesper Hall in Blue Springs and the Salvation Army in Independence are open. Call 211 for other sites. If you have to be outdoors, find shade and keep drinking plenty of water. Do any outdoor work before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m., and take frequent breaks. Know the signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and get help quickly if symptoms appear. Read more at www.redcross.org
Mid-America Regional Council: www.marc.org
National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill: www.weather.gov/pleasanthill
