FAIRWAY, Kan. -- The Kansas City metro area will be in a heat advisory for the next three days.

KCTV5 meteorologist Devon Lucie said that while the actual temperatures will be in the 90s, the heat index in the metro area will be in the triple digits through Wednesday. The heat advisory will be in effect until 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Amanda Waters, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army, said if the Kansas City Health Department issued a heat warning then it would open its eight area cooling stations. The heat index must reach 105 at Kansas City International Airport by 11:30 a.m. to trigger the warning.

Here is a list of Salvation Army community centers that would serve as cooling stations:

Bellefontaine: 3013 E. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Blue Valley: 618 E. Truman Road. Kansas City, Mo.
Grandview: 6111 E. 129th St.
Independence: 14700 E. Truman Road
KCK: 6723 State Ave.
Northland: 5306 N. Oak Trafficway
Olathe: 420 E. Santa Fe
Westport: 500 W. 39th St., Kansas City, Mo.

The metro area will also be under an orange ozone alert on Monday. The three area transit agencies -- The Metro, The JO and Unified Government Transit -- are each offering 50-cent bus rides to promote healthy air quality.

The Bishop Sullivan Center's Project Eldercool encourages Kansas Citians to check on their neighbors and elderly family members.

Project ElderCool provides free air conditioners for people over the age of 65 who are in need.

Qualifications for a free air conditioner: · Anyone who is 65 and older with no air conditioner in the home
· Meets poverty guidelines
· On disability due to respiratory problems

The public is urged to call Bishop Sullivan Center at 816-231-0984 if they or someone they know needs help.

Kansas City Power & Light also began its annual program this week to install air conditioners and fans in homes and apartments of elderly and low income residents. During the hot summer months, KCP&L has a policy not to disconnect service for nonpayment of bills on any day when the National Weather Service predicts the temperature will rise above 95 degrees or the heat index will be more than 105 degrees.

In Johnson County, the 13 branches of the public library will be open as cooling shelters during normal business hours, as will the Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center in Mission, Kan., which will be open from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Humane Society of Missouri said Monday that anyone who sees an animal left in a car in the heat is asked to call the Animal Abuse Hot Line at 314-647-4400 or local police.

Lucie said to expect a slight break in the temperatures toward the latter part of the week but the mercury could rise above 100 by Sunday.