Fire Watch for Thursday, May 7 now in effect

Fire Weather Watch, Fire Weather Warning Statement as of 3:10 PM EDT on May 6, 2015

Red flag warning remains in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening

for critical fire weather conditions.

Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Thursday morning through

Thursday evening for critical fire weather conditions for

northern and central New Hampshire and all of Maine.

The National Weather Service in gray has issued a Fire Weather Watch for critical fire weather conditions which is in effect

from Thursday morning through Thursday evening.

* Affected area... fire weather zone 001 northern Coos... fire

 weather zone 002 southern Coos... fire weather zone 003

 northern Grafton... fire weather zone 004 northern Carroll...

 fire weather zone 005 southern Grafton... fire weather zone 006

 southern Carroll... fire weather zone 007 northern Oxford...

 fire weather zone 008 northern Franklin... fire weather zone

 009 Central Somerset... fire weather zone 012 southern Oxford...

 fire weather zone 013 southern Franklin... fire weather zone

 014 southern Somerset... 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 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 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

* Timing... late Thursday morning through evening.

* Relative humidity... as low as 22 percent.

* Temperatures... around 70.

* 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.

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions

are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible

red flag warnings.