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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Beat the Heat: Forecast, Tips and Places to Go

Steamy temperatures can be dangerous, so here's some health tips and places to stay cool.

With steamy, muggy heat stagnating over the city all week, residents are warned to stay hydrated and cool and watch out for the most vulnerable — children, elderly and pets. Fox Point-Bayside Patch has your forecast below, as well as a list of ideas for places to go to stay cool and tips for avoiding heat exhaustion. An excessive heat warning is running until 7 p.m. tonight, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are forecasted to be in the 90's, but with indices between 100 and 110 degrees. Evening and overnight lows will dip only into the 70s and it will remain muggy. Skies will be mostly sunny this afternoon with an expected high of 83. Tonight, there is a small chance of storms, but the NWS says they will offer little …

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Fox Point and Bayside Under Heat Advisory Friday

Temperatures could reach upper 90s, but there's plenty of places to cool off in Fox Point and Bayside.

Had enough of the rain and cool temperatures? Summer is finally here, and making up for the lack of warm temperatures. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory that is in effect from noon to 8 p.m. Friday. Temperatures will be in the mid- to upper-90s with the heat index between 100 and 110 degrees, according to the NWS. Lt. Jim Mayer of the North Shore Fire Department is not only a firefighter, but a paramedic. He says that the most vaulnerable people to heat are the very young and the elderly. "The very ederly, sometimes they're not very mobile, so it's hard for them to get windows open or get air conditioning on," Mayer said. "So help out if you've got elderly neighbors or family members. Check on them to make sure that …

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