[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/24/2009 5:08:08 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-242100-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
507 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT TODAY...

FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, THE AIRMASS OVER OUR AREA WILL BE
EXTREMELY DRY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN
THE TEENS TO LOW 20S. THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION HAS ALLOWED
FUEL MOISTURE TO DROP TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS. FORTUNATELY,
WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LOWER TODAY THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY. FOR
THIS REASON, WE WILL NOT BE ISSUING A RED FLAG WARNING TODAY.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL STILL BE A HEIGHTENED CONCERN FOR WILDFIRES.

NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING AND THERE
COULD BE A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH. WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL AVERAGE AROUND 10 MPH.

MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AS WINDS
BECOME ONSHORE. WE COULD SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN AS EARLY AS LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. A MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAIN IS
POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AN YET ANOTHER ROUND
OF RAIN MAY AFFECT OUR AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

$$

RPW