Fire weather warning

Fire Weather Warning statement as of 2:59 am EDT on April 15, 2016

Red flag warning in effect from 11 am this morning to 8 PM EDT

this evening for critical fire weather conditions for portions of

Maine and New Hampshire.

* 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. Gusts up to 25 mph in the Maine

portion of the warning.

* Timing... late morning through the afternoon hours.

* Relative humidity... 15 to 20 percent.

* Temperatures... mid 50s to lower 60s.

* Lightning... none.

* Impacts... 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

winds... low relative humidity... and warm temperatures will create

explosive fire growth potential.