NHSO: NWS ISSUES SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - INCREASED FIRE DANGER

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Smith, Charles

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Apr 15, 2010, 4:38:39 PM4/15/10

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

331 PM EDT THU APR 15 2010

....INCREASED FIRE DANGER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...

THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REACH AROUND 30 PERCENT EACH DAY...AND WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH. IN ADDITION...FINE FUELS SUCH AS GRASS...LEAVES...TREE DEBRIS...AND UNDERBRUSH ARE QUITE DRY FROM THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL.

ANY FIRES THAT START FRIDAY OR SATURDAY COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PLEASE REFER TO LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES AS TO WHETHER YOU MAY BURN. IF YOU DO BURN...EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED.

NWS/RAS

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