...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 FLEMING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 ROWAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 ESTILL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 POWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 MENIFEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 ROCKCASTLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 JACKSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 LAUREL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 WAYNE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MCCREARY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WHITLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 KNOX... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 BELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 HARLAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 JOHNSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 MAGOFFIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 FLOYD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 BREATHITT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 KNOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116 CLAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117 LESLIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 118 LETCHER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 119 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 120 PIKE. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AS HIGH AS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS AND ALSO SOUTH AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND RESISTANCE TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && MC
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:46:35 +0000
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