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is no longer in effect.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.
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