You will see from the above image that much of the northeastern portion of the U.S. is under a red flag warning. Since I wrote about a red flag warning issued in March 2009 in my last post, I think the red flag warning for today is timely so I am posting this.
Red flag warning 04/17/09
urgent - fire weather message
national weather service mount holly nj
435 am edt fri apr 17 2009
njz001-007>010-012>015-172300-
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sussex-warren-morris-hunterdon-somerset-middlesex-
western monmouth-eastern monmouth-mercer-
435 am edt fri apr 17 2009
..red flag warning in effect from noon today to 7 pm edt this
evening...
The national weather service has issued a red flag warning. It is
in effect from noon until 700 pm.
As temperatures rise into the upper 60s and lower 70s for this
afternoon, relative humidity values will drop into the 20s and
perhaps the teens at some locations. A west wind is forecast to
increase into the 10 to 15 mph range, with frequent gusts around
or slightly in excess of 20 mph anticipated. Even though the
region received some rain on tuesday and wednesday, conditions
remain quite dry.
Due to the expected wind gusts and the continued dry conditions,
the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for
this afternoon into early this evening. There is an increased
potential for the initiation and rapid spread of brush and wild
fires in the region.
With high pressure in control, the dry conditions are expected to
continue into saturday.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are expected. A combination of gusty winds and low relative
humidity values will create enhanced fire growth potential
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=phi&wwa=red%20flag%20warning
And if you go here (this map is update daily so if you go to this page on another day, you will see the map generated for that day):
http://firemapper.sc.egov.usda.gov/recent3.php
You will see the map that I have copied to this page.
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