Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Ottawa
Updated: 7:06 am CDT on July 11, 2009
Excessive heat warning in effect until 7 PM CDT Tuesday...
Today
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index readings 100 to 108.
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Heat index readings 100 to 105 in the evening.
Sunday
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index readings 100 to 107.
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around 10 mph.
Monday
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon.
... Excessive heat warning remains in effect until 7 PM CDT Tuesday...
For the following counties...
In Oklahoma... Ottawa... Delaware and Adair.
Hot and humid weather is expected across eastern Oklahoma for the next several days as high pressure aloft builds over the area. Afternoon heat index values are expected to be in the 105 to 110 degree range with overnight lows ranging from the mid 70s to lower 80s.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
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.