Red Flag fire warning in effect

Fire Weather Warning Statement as of 3:24 PM EDT on April 14, 2015

Red flag warning in effect from 11 am to 7 PM EDT Wednesday

for critical fire weather conditions for interior western Maine.

The National Weather Service in gray has issued a red flag warning for critical fire weather conditions which is in effect from 11 am to 7 PM EDT Wednesday.

* Affected area... fire weather zone 004 northern Carroll... 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 012 southern Oxford... fire weather zone 013 southern

 Franklin... fire weather zone 013 interior Rockingham... fire

 weather zone 014 southern Somerset... fire weather zone 018

 interior York... fire weather zone 019 interior Cumberland...

 fire weather zone 020 Androscoggin and fire weather zone 021

 Kennebec.

* Winds... northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Timing... Wednesday afternoon.

* Relative humidity... as low as 17 percent.

* Temperatures... near 60.

* 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.

 

Legro