Fire Weather Warning for Atlantic County, NJ
Issued by The National Weather Service
Philadelphia, PA
11 am EDT, Tue., Sep. 14, 2010
... RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
DESPITE THE SHOWERY RAINS OF SUNDAY... FUELS ARE DRYING OUT RAPIDLY AGAIN AND THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FORECAST TO DROP TO NEAR 25 PERCENT.
THE MOST PERSISTENT PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM.
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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
