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Post       : Fire Weather Watch
URL        : https://ares.k3cal.org/2015/03/30/fire-weather-watch/
Posted     : March 30, 2015 at 9:53 pm
Author     : Eric Christensen
Categories : Weather

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
441 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2015

MDZ016>018-VAZ025>027-029-030-036>040-050>052-055>057-501-502-504-
507-508-310445-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FW.A.0001.150331T1500Z-150331T2200Z/
CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-
WARREN-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-
CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-STAFFORD-
SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-
441 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2015

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR HIGH WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL
MOISTURE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AS WELL AS
SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR HIGH WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL
MOISTURE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE LOWEST VALUES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. THE
HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE BLUE RIDGE
MOUNTAINS AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS.

* FUEL MOISTURE...5 TO 8 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND LOW
FUEL MOISTURE MAY ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR THE SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND
POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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