On Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. the National Weather Service released a heat advisory valid for Thursday between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tompkins counties.

The National Weather Service is using new heat alert terminology beginning this summer to improve public awareness and understanding of what the weather service says is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the country,

The National Weather Service office in Mobile, Alabama, issued a heat advisory in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday. Heat index values are forecast to reach as high as 109℉ in portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.

At 1:23 a.m. on Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory valid for Thursday between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Cayuga and Oswego counties.

The Pensacola area is under a heat advisory for the second day in a row. A cluster of showers and thunderstorms will offer relief on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties as well as much of Southern New England starting 11 a.m. Thursday.

Forget about any worries of tropical weather today. Instead pay attention to the heat: temperatures in Jacksonville could feel as high as 113 degrees.

NWS expects the heat value to go up to 110 degrees. The organization warns that hot temperatures, coupled with humidity, may cause heat illness. Precautionary measures provided by NWS include drinking plenty of water, staying out of the sun and staying in air-conditioned rooms.

Heat index values could rise to 110-112 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Higher rain chances later in the week could offer relief.