Menu Bar

Home           Calendar           Topics          Just Charlestown          About Us

Monday, April 9, 2012

New fire warning from Weather for Monday

National Weather Service Renews "Red Flag" Alert

From the National Weather service:

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1102 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF
RHODE ISLAND...AND A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF THE TAUNTON FORECAST AREA WHICH INCLUDES
  MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF
  RHODE ISLAND...AND CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN NEW
  HAMPSHIRE.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE
  STRONGEST WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OVER
  WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN WESTERN
  AREAS TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT IN EASTERN AREAS WITH 40 TO 45 PERCENT
  ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 50S.

* IMPACTS...STATE FIRE WEATHER MANAGERS HAVE INFORMED US THAT
  ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MONDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
  SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED
FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL.