Fire Watch in effect starting tomorrow morning...

Fire Weather Watch statement as of 3:13 PM EDT on April 14, 2016

Fire Weather Watch in effect from Friday morning through

Friday 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 Friday morning through Friday evening.

* Affected area... fire weather zone 004 northern Carroll... fire

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

 southern Carroll... fire weather zone 007 Sullivan... fire

 weather zone 008 Merrimack... fire weather zone 009 Belknap...

 fire weather zone 010 Strafford... fire weather zone 011

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

 weather zone 012 eastern Hillsborough... 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... 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... north 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Timing... relative humidities will approach 25 percent by mid

morning... and remain low through the afternoon.

* Relative humidity... as low as 19 percent.

* Temperatures... climbing into the low to mid 50s.

 

* Lightning... none.

* Impacts... fires may spread rapidly and uncontrollably.

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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