With hot, even record-breaking, temperatures here for the next few days, some may be tempted to cool off in the water — doing so could pose a real danger.

Just because the air feels like summer does not mean the water does too.

Trying to escape the heat in the ocean, a lake or even an unheated pool could lead to cold water shock or hypothermia.

News 12 Meteorologist Radek Przygodzki explains.