It will be a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day on Saturday. Here’s what that means

PITTSBURGH — Get ready for a hot, humid, old-fashioned summer weekend.

The humidity really surges this weekend with plenty of sunshine and Saturday will be a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day

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Grab the sunscreen as head out Saturday as the abundant sunshine will ramp up the UV index. Make sure to stay hydrated. You’ll find “cooler” temperatures in the early morning and late in the evening, but even then it will still be warm.

A heat advisory may be issued for parts of the area for Sunday when the most uncomfortable weather of the weekend rolls in. Heat index values are expected to climb to near 100 degrees.

An Air Quality Action Day is issued by the Department of Environmental Protection when ozone air at the ground level is expected to reach a level that could cause breathing problems for the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with a heart or respiratory disease.

Open burning and outdoor fires are not allowed on these days.

Stay with Severe Weather Team 11 for the latest alerts, advisories, watches and warnings.

Allegheny County officials said some heat-related illnesses also have symptoms that mimic those of COVID-19, so be careful.

If you feel weakness, fatigue, headache and a rising body temperature, get inside and hydrate. If you don’t feel better within an hour, call a medical professional right away.

It will be a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day on Saturday. Here’s what that means It will be a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day on Saturday. Here’s what that means

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