Wednesday, October 30, 2024

2024 Wildfire Season: Wildfires Continue in Massachusetts

Direct link to video from WCVB Channel 5 Boston on YouTube


New Jersey continues to be in a period of very high fire danger, but according to the NWS Mt.Holly/Philadelphia the risk of the spread of wildfires is not as high today as it had been recently. That is not the case in southern New England where an elevated risk of wildfires continues today (Oct 30) in southern New England. Wildfires continue in Massachusetts and probably elsewhere in southern New England

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WWUS81 KBOX 292246
SPSBOX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
646 PM EDT Tue Oct 29 2024
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-310000-
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA-
Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-
Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-
Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-
Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-
Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-
Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-
Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-
Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-
Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon,
Putnam, Willimantic, Charlemont, Greenfield, Orange, Barre,
Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester,
Chesterfield, Blandford, Amherst, Northampton, Springfield,
Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston,
Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford,
Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven,
Nantucket, Ayer, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry,
West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol,
Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham

646 PM EDT Tue Oct 29 2024
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
WEDNESDAY...

The prolonged period of dry weather coupled with a very dry ground
will continue to result in elevated fire weather concerns
Wednesday. Highs Wednesday should recover into the upper 60s to
the middle 70s. Minimum relative humidity values are expected to
range between 45 to 55 percent with southwest winds of 10 to 15
mph.
Use caution when handling and disposing of ignition sources.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

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