Red Flag Warning - Wilkes (North Carolina)
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OF NORTH CAROLINA...
.DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT.
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SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-
1010 AM EDT MON APR 23 2007
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY
SURFACE FUELS...WILL RESULT IN A HEIGHTENED FIRE THREAT THIS
AFTERNOON.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
WITH SUNNY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 80S WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT.
SURFACE FUELS SUCH AS DEAD GRASS...BRUSH AND LEAVES ARE VERY DRY.
THE COMBINATION OF THE DRY FUELS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW
ANY FIRE THAT STARTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD VERY QUICKLY.
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.
$$
WERT
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Read the Full Story:http://www.weather.gov/alerts/nc.html
@ April 23, 2007