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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUE MAY 5 2015
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE...
TODAY GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES AND VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE DRY AIR MASS COMBINED WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL FUEL ADDITIONAL WILD FIRES. ON WEDNESDAY...AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY TO PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA. ANYONE CONSIDERING OUTSIDE BURNING SHOULD MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS WELL AS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS BEFORE BURNING.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S.
* LIGHTNING...NONE.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.
A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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