Red Flag Fire Warning

Fire Weather Warning Statement as of 3:15 am EDT on May 23, 2015

Red flag warning in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this

evening for critical fire weather conditions for western Maine and

much of New Hampshire...

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. The Fire Weather Watch

is no longer in effect.

* Affected area... fire weather zone 004 northern Carroll... 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 014 coastal Rockingham... 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...

 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 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Timing... noon through 8 PM Saturday.

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

* Temperatures... in the lower 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.