Overview
- The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory covering Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York counties for 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday with heat indexes near 100–102°F.
- The NWS warns that the combination of high temperatures and humidity increases the chance of heat exhaustion and heat stroke and urges people to drink fluids, stay in air-conditioned spaces, limit strenuous outdoor activity and never leave children or pets unattended in vehicles.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends employers schedule frequent rest breaks, provide shaded or air-conditioned recovery areas and adjust outdoor work tasks to reduce heat exposure for workers.
- Forecasts describe an active pattern that includes a Storm Prediction Center 'Slight Risk' for scattered overnight severe storms with damaging wind and heavy rain possible, followed by a frontal passage expected to lower humidity and temperatures by Friday into the Labor Day weekend.
- Because late‑summer heat has already driven demand for cooling centers and strained public-health resources, residents should plan ahead for access to cooling, and employers and caretakers should take steps now to protect vulnerable people.