Red Flag Warning issued May 05 at 2:31AM EDT until May05 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALER-S-NH1253A7B242BC.RedFlagWarning.1253A7C08E80NH.GYXRFWGYX.a712ae0904d8b06fbe76218baf10153aw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2015-05-05T02:31:00-04:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for CoastalRockingham; Interior Rockingham; Strafford (New Hampshire) Issued by the National WeatherServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2015-05-05T02:31:00-04:00201--05-05T20:00:00-04:00NWS Gray/Portland (Southern Maine)Red Flag Warning issued May 05 at2:31AM EDT until May 05 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Gray/Portland...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THISAFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF

NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE...

TODAY GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES AND VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE

AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE DRY AIR MASS COMBINED WITH SOME

GUSTY WINDS WILL FUEL ADDITIONAL WILD FIRES. ON WEDNESDAY...AN

ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY TO PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA. ANYONE

CONSIDERING OUTSIDE BURNING SHOULD MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS WELL AS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS

BEFORE BURNING.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS

EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG

WARNING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT

FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 STRAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER

ZONE 013 INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 COASTAL

ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 INTERIOR YORK...FIRE

WEATHER ZONE 019 INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020

ANDROSCOGGIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 KENNEBEC...FIRE WEATHER

ZONE 022 INTERIOR WALDO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 COASTAL YORK...

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 COASTAL CUMBERLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE

025 SAGADAHOC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 LINCOLN...FIRE WEATHER

ZONE 027 KNOX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 COASTAL WALDO.

* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S.

* LIGHTNING...NONE.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY.A RED FLAG WARNINGMEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS

ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF

STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL

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