NPWILM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 238 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010 NCZ100-101-230745- /O.CAN.KILM.HT.Y.0010.100723T1500Z-100723T2300Z/ BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 238 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO GET VERY HOT AND HUMID...WITH APPARENT TEMPERATURES REACHING UP TO 104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NCZ087-096-097-099-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-232000- /O.CON.KILM.HT.Y.0010.100723T1500Z-100723T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 238 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PRODUCE APPARENT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ REK