NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1020 AM EDT MON MAR 23 2009
…GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING…
.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN FROM ONTARIO AND QUEBEC IS
USHERING IN A VERY DRY AIR MASS ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.
IF IGNITION OCCURS…THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG WITH DRY
FUELS AND LACK OF GREENUP WOULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE GROWTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-
EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
1020 AM EDT MON MAR 23 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
WERE ALREADY OCCURRING IN SPOTS OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND LATE THIS
MORNING…AND WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING…ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20
PERCENT. IF IGNITION OCCURS…THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
COMBINATION WITH DRY FINE FUELS DUE TO LACK OF RECENT WETTING
RAINS AND LACK OF GREENUP WOULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE GROWTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
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