Fire Weather Watch

Fire Weather Watch as of 3:28 PM EDT on April 23, 2016

Fire Weather Watch in effect from Sunday morning through

Sunday evening for critical fire weather conditions for central

Maine and the mid coast.

The National Weather Service in gray has issued a Fire Weather

Watch for critical fire weather conditions which is in effect

from Sunday morning through Sunday evening.

* Affected area... fire weather zone 013 southern Franklin... fire

weather zone 014 southern Somerset... fire weather zone 020

 Androscoggin... fire weather zone 021 Kennebec... fire weather

 zone 022 interior Waldo... fire weather zone 025 Sagadahoc...

 fire weather zone 026 Lincoln... fire weather zone 027 Knox and

 fire weather zone 028 coastal Waldo.

* Winds... northwest 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Timing... late Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon.

* Relative humidity... as low as 15 percent.

* Temperatures... 55 to 60.

* Lightning... none

* impacts... the combination of gusty winds and low relative

 humidity could lead to unpredictable and explosive fire growth.

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.