Heat advisory for northern RI: No end in sight for hot, humid weather

PROVIDENCE – The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for northern Rhode Island with the heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity, expected to climb as high as 99 degrees.

The advisory, which also includes parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts, will continue until 8 p.m. Wednesday.

"Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses," the weather service says in its advisory. "Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors."

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The high temperature in Providence today is expected to reach 91 degrees and high temperatures should continue into the upper 80s through the end of the week.

"Quite warm and very humid weather will continue through the end of the work week," the weather service says in its forecast discussion. "While at least isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible at any time...it appears the main risk for more widespread activity with torrential rainfal l /localized flash flood potential will be sometime Friday/Friday night along a frontal boundary."

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Heat advisory for northern RI: No end in sight for hot, humid weather