URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
525 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012
…MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS…
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS…MOST OF RHODE ISLAND…
NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE…
* AFFECTED AREA…MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT NANTUCKET AND
MARTHAS VINEYARD…MOST OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT BLOCK
ISLAND…NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH…HIGHEST
ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS.
* TIMING…STRONGEST WIND GUSTS AND LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL
DEVELOP ON TUESDAY FROM MIDDAY INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S ARE
EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS…DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED
FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL.