National Weather Service has issued a severe heat warning through the weekend. For good measure, it also tossed in a severe thunderstorm watch for this evening. (Can a flash flood watch be far behind?)

And if you think it’s bad here (and it is), be grateful you aren’t outside digging a ditch in Dodge City, Kansas where temperature will reach 101 degrees tomorrow.

For our part, the combination of heat and high humidity will lead to dangerously hot conditions this week and through the weekend across much of the region.

Here are some suggestions from the National Weather Service:

• Take extra precautions, if you work or spend time outside. When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear light weight and loose fitting clothing when possible and drink plenty of water.
• To reduce risk during outdoor work, the occupational safety and health administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency, call 911.
• An excessive heat warning means that a prolonged period of dangerously hot temperatures will occur. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a DANGEROUS SITUATION in which heat illnesses are likely. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Our preferred weather app, Dark Sky, forecasts a cooler days starting Monday with some rain.

And now, a little tune to groove to while you sit next to the AC.