NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1036 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2016
...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY FOR PARTS OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE...
.HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE A DRY AIR FLOW
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY ALONG WITH WINDS OF 10 TO
20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS COMBINATION OF DRY AIR AND STRONG
WINDS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH IF
ANY FIRES DO OCCUR.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS THE COASTAL PLAIN AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN
MAINE...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTHERN CARROLL...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 005 SOUTHERN GRAFTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006
SOUTHERN CARROLL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 SULLIVAN...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 008 MERRIMACK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 BELKNAP...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 STRAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011
CHESHIRE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 SOUTHERN OXFORD...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 012 EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 INTERIOR
ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 SOUTHERN SOMERSET...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 014 COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018
INTERIOR YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 ANDROSCOGGIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021
KENNEBEC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 INTERIOR WALDO...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 023 COASTAL YORK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 COASTAL
CUMBERLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 SAGADAHOC...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 026 LINCOLN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 KNOX AND FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 028 COASTAL WALDO.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BELOW 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 50S.
* LIGHTNING...NONE.
* IMPACTS...FIRES WHICH DEVELOP COULD 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
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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