Red Flag Warning

Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
324 AM EDT WED APR 15 2015

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY...

.A VERY DRY AIR MASS AND BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES ON THIS
AFTERNOON. OPEN AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER WILL BE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE.

MEZ012>014-018>021-NHZ004-006>010-013-151900-
/O.CON.KGYX.FW.W.0001.150415T1500Z-150415T2300Z/
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
324 AM EDT WED APR 15 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR
INTERIOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS INTERIOR
AREAS SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN MAINE...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTHERN CARROLL...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 006 SOUTHERN CARROLL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007
  SULLIVAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 MERRIMACK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  009 BELKNAP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 STRAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 012 SOUTHERN OXFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SOUTHERN
  FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 014 SOUTHERN SOMERSET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018
  INTERIOR YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 ANDROSCOGGIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021
  KENNEBEC.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY.

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.