Fire Warnings

Fire Weather Warning Statement as of 2:31 am EDT on May 5, 2015

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.

* Affected area... fire weather zone 010 Strafford... fire weather

 zone 013 interior Rockingham... fire weather zone 014 coastal

 Rockingham... 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... 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.