Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
237 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012
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/O.NEW.KPHI.FW.A.0001.120307T1500Z-120308T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
237 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE
STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING.
* TIMING...FROM 10AM UNTIL 7PM.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 30 PERCENT, OR LESS, BY MID-AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...BECAUSE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP. THE FIRE
DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS, RECENT
LACK OF PRECIPITATION, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS.
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.
