...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM

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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
416 AM EDT THU APR 30 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...THE UPPER
HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL TACONICS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE
BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER...ALONG WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO UNDER 30 PERCENT...AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS
EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY THIS EVENING...IN
ADDITION TO THE EXPECTATION FOR RAIN SHOWERS...REDUCING THE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

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