Red Flag Warning - Bergen (New Jersey)

Updated: 09/04/2010 3:53am
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE SPREAD OF BRUSH FIRES TODAY...

.STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.

NJZ003>006-011-NYZ072>077-042300-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FW.W.0006.100904T1500Z-100904T2300Z/
BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
358 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

THE DRY PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT FRIDAY WILL USHER IN A
DRY AIRMASS...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO DROP TO BETWEEN
25 AND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT. THESE
CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT VERY LITTLE RAIN HAS
FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WILL AID IN THE
RAPID AND ERRATIC SPREAD OF ANY BRUSH FIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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