Sunday, April 24, 2016

Fire Bans in Place for all of New Brunswick and most of Maine


URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
313 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING...

.LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

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NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
313 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 NORTHERN PENOBSCOT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  006 SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 CENTRAL
  PISCATAQUIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 CENTRAL PENOBSCOT...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 015 SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016
  INTERIOR HANCOCK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 COASTAL HANCOCK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030
  COASTAL WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 SOUTHERN
  PISCATAQUIS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 NORTHERN WASHINGTON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 50.

* LIGHTNING...NONE.

* IMPACTS...GRASS OR BRUSH FIRES THAT IGNITE COULD SPREAD VERY
  RAPIDLY AND BECOME OUT OF CONTROL.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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