Heat, humidity to stay through Monday


COOLING CENTERS

Dayton

  • Greater Dayton Recreation Center, 2021 W. Third St.
  • Lohrey Recreation Center, 2366 Glenarm Ave.
  • Northwest Recreation Center, 1600 Princeton Drive
  • Weekdays, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Vandalia

The primary shelter is the Vandalia Recreation Center at 1111 W. Stonequarry Road. The secondary shelter is the Vandalia Senior Center, 21 Tionda Drive South.

Washington Twp.-Centerville

Residents of Washington Township, including the city of Centerville, can visit the Washington Township Rec Center, 895 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, during normal business hours.

937-433-0130.

West Carrollton

West Carrollton Civic Center lobby, 300 E. Central Ave.

TIPS TO BEAT THE HEAT

Do:

  • Check on elderly family members and neighbors and other at-risk individuals.
  • Use air conditioners or spend time in air-conditioned locations, such as malls or libraries.
  • Use portable electric fans to exhaust hot air from rooms or draw in cooler air.
  • Take a cool bath or shower.
  • Minimize direct exposure to the sun.
  • Stay hydrated; regularly drink water and other non-alcoholic fluids.
  • Eat light, cool, easy-to-digest foods, such as fruits or salads.
  • Wear loose fitting, light-colored clothes.
  • Know the symptoms of excessive heat exposure and the appropriate responses.

Don’t:

  • Leave children or pets alone in cars for any amount of time.
  • Direct the flow of portable electric fans toward yourself when the room temperature is hotter than 90 degrees.
  • Drink alcohol to try to stay cool.
  • Eat heavy, hot or hard-to-digest foods.
  • Wear heavy, dark clothing.

Pet Safety in Summer Heat

The Montgomery County Animal Resource Center is urging pet owners to:

  • Limit physical activities to the cooler times of the day (mornings and evenings).
  • Watch humidity. Pets pant in order to keep cool, so are strained in high humidity.
  • Bring your pet indoors or make sure there is shelter, shade, potable.
  • Watch for heat stroke: heavy panting, glazed eyes, rapid heartbeat, difficulty breathing, excessive thirst, lethargy, lack of coordination, vomiting, seizures, losing consciousness.
  • Never leave pets in a parked vehicle.

For more information, call 937-898-4457.

The National Weather Service extended through today an excessive heat warning for Montgomery County and a heat advisory for the rest of the Miami Valley.

Sixty residences in a Harrison Twp. were without power Saturday. Dayton Power & Light said the residences were all in the area of the Meadows of Catalpa, a 323-unit apartment complex on Indian Run in Harrison Twp.

The utility company planned to have the outage, reported at 2 p.m., back in service by the end of the day, spokesman Tom Tatham said. The repair was delayed because equipment was needed to fix an underground fuse, he said.

The continued combination of high humidity with seasonal summer temperatures is expected to result in more of the same steamy conditions that have been heating the area for the past week.

“When the two are factored together, our heat indices are near 100 degrees, if not a few degrees hotter. This trend will continue through the weekend and the start of the new week,” WHIO meteorologist Carrieann Marit said Saturday.

The good news is relief, however minor, could be coming Tuesday, as humidity and temperature inch down.

“Unfortunately it may be such a small change that most people will not feel much of a difference. It will still be hot and humid,” Marit said.

Before the slight cooling begins, however, Marit said the region could see the three consecutive days of temperatures of 90 degrees or more, constituting a heat wave.

The continued overheated conditions have prompted area officials to open cooling centers and encourage caution when venturing outside during the day. Centers are set up in recreation centers in Dayton, Vandalia and Centerville-Washington Twp. and the civic center in West Carrollton.

DP&L reported 64 customers without power Saturday evening, 62 in Montgomery County.

In Dayton, water stations and staff were set up along the route of the Dayton Dragons/Subway 5K and the city’s“Bring Back the Tap” water truck was parked at the race site near Fifth Third Field, just in case.

The Northmont Good Samaritan Soccer Classic was to continue today, with boys matches at the Hoke Road Soccer Complex and Northmont High School.

Tents and water stations were set up. Mandatory water breaks were called and the clock was kept running. Misting machines were also on hand.

Saturdays matches went on without problems, according to tournament director Dave Carmean.

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