Post by sam on Sept 5, 2010 17:38:22 GMT -5
Event: Special Weather Statement
Alert: ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ON
LABOR DAY...
A LACK OF RAINFALL IN RECENT WEEKS...COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS
IN PLACE AND A STEADY SURFACE WIND WILL CREATE CONCERN FOR
BURNING CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS
BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE
AFTERNOON WILL CREATE THE THE POTENTIAL FOR UNCONTROLLED FIRE
GROWTH. THEREFORE...CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF PLANNING TO DO ANY
BURNING OUTDOORS TOMORROW. ONE ADVANTAGE...SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST...IS THAT SMALL FIRE FUELS SUCH AS LEAVES
ARE STILL MOSTLY GREEN SO SMALL GROUND FUELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SCARCE.
Instructions:
Target Area: Breckinridge
Carroll
Clark
Crawford
Daviess
Dubois
Floyd
Hanthingy
Hardin
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Jennings
Lawrence
Martin
Meade
Oldham
Orange
Perry
Pike
Ripley
Scott
Spencer
Switzerland
Trimble
Warrick
Washington
Forecast Office: NWS Louisville (Central Kentucky)
Alert: ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ON
LABOR DAY...
A LACK OF RAINFALL IN RECENT WEEKS...COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS
IN PLACE AND A STEADY SURFACE WIND WILL CREATE CONCERN FOR
BURNING CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS
BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE
AFTERNOON WILL CREATE THE THE POTENTIAL FOR UNCONTROLLED FIRE
GROWTH. THEREFORE...CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF PLANNING TO DO ANY
BURNING OUTDOORS TOMORROW. ONE ADVANTAGE...SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST...IS THAT SMALL FIRE FUELS SUCH AS LEAVES
ARE STILL MOSTLY GREEN SO SMALL GROUND FUELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SCARCE.
Instructions:
Target Area: Breckinridge
Carroll
Clark
Crawford
Daviess
Dubois
Floyd
Hanthingy
Hardin
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Jennings
Lawrence
Martin
Meade
Oldham
Orange
Perry
Pike
Ripley
Scott
Spencer
Switzerland
Trimble
Warrick
Washington
Forecast Office: NWS Louisville (Central Kentucky)