update on Red Flag Warnings on April 17

This is an updated map as of 11:00 AM MDT from the Modis Active Fire Mapping Program. Depending on when you access this site, the map that is included on this page may no longer be there. Instead, you will find the most recent map. Perhaps there are archives of past maps somewhere on that site, but I am not familiar enough with the site to know where they might be

Red Flag Warnings remain in effect for Essex,Hudson, Union, and Passaic Counties, NJ as well as much of adjoining NYS, and New England through 8 PM tonight. These warnings may be reinstated on Saturday for some of these areas.

Red Flag warnings for the rest of NJ were canceled at 1 PM on April 17.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
211 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-
027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-172300-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
211 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009

...ENHANCED BRUSH AND WILD FIRE CONCERNS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY...

TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S
THROUGHOUT MOST OF OUR REGION, AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON HAD ALREADY DROPPED BELOW 30 PERCENT. A WEST WIND,
WHICH GENERALLY WAS AROUND 10 MPH AS OF 200 PM, WILL BECOME
SOMEWHAT GUSTY BY 400 PM OR 500 PM. OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF NEAR 20
MPH ARE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

AS A RESULT, THERE IS A HEIGHTENED CONCERN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AND SPREAD OF BRUSH AND WILD FIRES IN OUR REGION. THAT CONCERN HAS
LESSENED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND
DELAWARE, WHERE A SEA BREEZE HAS BROUGHT IN COOLER AND MORE HUMID
AIR.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL, SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR
SATURDAY.

$$

IOVINO/STAUBER/DELISI

obtained from http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NJZ009&warncounty=NJC019&firewxzone=NJZ009&local_place1=Sergeantsville+NJ&product1=Special+Weather+Statement on April 17, 2009.