Fire Watch Statement

Fire Weather Watch Statement as of 4:26 PM EDT on May 3, 2015

Fire Weather Watch in effect from Monday afternoon through

Monday evening for critical fire weather conditions.

The National Weather Service in gray has issued a Fire Weather Watch for critical fire weather conditions which is in effect from Monday afternoon through Monday 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 007 Sullivan... fire weather zone 008

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

 weather zone 009 Central Somerset... fire weather zone 009

 Belknap... fire weather zone 010 Strafford... fire weather zone

 011 Cheshire NH... fire weather zone 012 southern Oxford... fire

 weather zone 012 eastern Hillsborough NH... fire weather zone

 013 southern Franklin... fire weather zone 013 interior

 Rockingham... fire weather zone 014 southern Somerset... fire

 weather zone 015 western and central Hillsborough NH... fire

 weather zone 018 interior York... fire weather zone 019

 interior Cumberland... fire weather zone 020 Androscoggin and

 fire weather zone 021 Kennebec.

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

* Timing... Monday afternoon through the evening.

* Relative humidity... as low as 21 percent.

* Temperatures... in the mid 70s.

* Impacts...

 

Precautionary/preparedness actions.

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.

 

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