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Saturday, June 5, 2010 | 2:05 a.m.
An excessive heat warning has been issued for the Las Vegas Valley for Saturday as triple-digit temperatures persist.
The warning has been issued from 1 p.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Monday for elevations below 4,000 feet in Southern Nevada. Skies will be sunny with the high expected to reach 106 degrees.
Temperatures are expected to hit about 108 degrees on Sunday and Monday. Meteorologists say thermometers should reach 110 to 115 degrees along the Colorado River Valley and 120 degrees at Death Valley National Park.
Northwest Arizona and Southeast California have also been issued an excessive heat warning for the weekend.
Las Vegas on average hits 105 degrees or higher on June 9. The sudden increase in temperatures this year has meteorologists worried that some residents might not be acclimated to the warmer weather.
A warning for high ozone levels was issued for Sunday, said Brenda Manlove Williams, spokeswoman for the county’s Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management.
People with respiratory or cardiac problems should be cautious when engaging in outside activities this weekend, she said.
Elevated ozone levels also can affect children and seniors without health problems, Williams said.
The weather service said heat kills an average 1,500 people annually in the U.S., which is more than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and lighting. Officials said 70 to 75 percent of heat-related deaths occur when temperatures are at least 105 degrees.
Officials suggest people limit outdoor activities, drink more water and avoid caffeine and alcohol when outdoors in the heat. Wearing light-colored, loose-fitted clothing and keeping pets indoors is also advised.
Temperatures are expected to cool down Tuesday and return to double digits by the middle of next week.
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Ah, summer is here! This is what separates the real and true Las Vegans from the rest of the horde. Love it.
Obviously you have to realize where you are to understand these temps. At the same time,care should be taken and don't be foolish and be marching around in the hot sun.Then's why they invented crap tables
xcb -- good one!
Being a Washington/Oregon lover I do hate the hot weather in the summer BUT that being said we also don't have earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods or any of that other nasty stuff you guys in Cali or the midwest or the south have. We only have to be uncomfortable for maybe 3 to 4 months. I love my Trane
That's a Flamethrower Miracle I can accept!
The natives in this valley aren't worried about 108* , It's 120 is when we feel it,of course the weather people arent ever going to admit to the true temp because it would scare the tourist away. We , that have grown up here know how hot it really is.
But...........It's a dry heat! :)
Yea, go stick your head in an oven, that's dry too.
This is why I leave Vegas during the summer. I was born and raised in Las Vegas and I hate the summers.
Man, it was soooo hot today...
I actually overheard Mary Jo Buttifuco telling Amy Fisher to shoot her with a squirt gun.
its2hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryRgOU76V...
@icy1007:
Me to, fella, I hate the summers in my country, and if I only got another "Ticket To Ride" I'd get the heck out off and away into Las Vegas, any time of the year would do.
That's what I'd really love to do.
I could spend the rest of my life in Vegas.