Heat Advisory For Southern Wisconsin Extended Into Saturday

The heat advisory, earlier projected to end Friday, now goes for at least another day:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE 319 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ...HISTORIC HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE... .THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT WITH PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SEEING MORE DANGEROUS HEAT INTO SATURDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AN ONSHORE BREEZE WILL KEEP LAKE SHORE AREAS A FEW DEGREES COOLER TODAY...

WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 ACROSS MOST INLAND AREAS WITH 95 TO 105 NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. DUE TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAT...WHICH HAS REACHED FIVE DAYS TODAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND A COOL FRONT.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS COOLER AIR MAY NOT REACH FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL LATER SATURDAY...THUS THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

/O.CON.KMKX.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120707T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 319 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. VERY WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REACH 98 TO 101. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 107. HEAT INDICES WILL BE ABOVE 75 TONIGHT CONTINUING THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...CONTINUE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEATWAVE SAFETY RULES THROUGH TONIGHT. REMEMBER TO CHECK UP ON ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.