FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

Issued by The National Weather Service
Albany, NY
4:11 pm EDT, Mon., Apr. 27, 2009

... FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY... THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS... THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY... REACHING SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO JUST BELOW 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON... AND MEASURABLE RAIN HAS NOT OCCURRED IN THIS AREA SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY. THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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