URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
409 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2015
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTHERN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF
MAINE…
.A WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH 10-15 MPH WINDS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS
COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN INTERIOR
PORTIONS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS REACH MARGINAL RED FLAG WARNING
CONDITIONS TODAY.
* WINDS…SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TIMING…MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S.
* 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.