Tuesday, April 28, 2009

NJ, DE, PA: Red Flag Warning

Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1034 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

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COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
1034 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S
THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE
MID 20S. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT AROUND 15 MPH, WITH
GUSTS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON.

WITH 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURES LESS THAN 10 PERCENT AND THE CONTINUED
DRY CONDITIONS, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT,
REDUCING THE THREAT FOR FIRES.

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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