The Mt. Holly Office of the National Weather Service provided this fire weather forcast for today, Sunday April 25:
REMARKS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON, WINDS GUSTING AT TIMES TO NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR ESPECIALLY MONDAY, AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ENHANCED FIRE SPREAD CONDITIONS TODAY AND MONDAY.
The website maintained by Section B-10 of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported light to moderate initial attack activity for Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26.
I got year to date wildfire numbers from the NJ Forest Fire Service last Monday. Year-to-date through April 19, 2009: 421 wildfires burning 869 acres.
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