Fire Danger Warning – Link to Weather Service Forecasts
2 min readThis is the link to the page with a map of any local forecasts, including frost and freeze warnings, special weather statements, red flag fire danger warnings, hazardous weather outlooks and such:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/forecasts.php
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 449 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-081700- /O.NEW.KCTP.FW.A.0003.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0003.120408T1700Z-120409T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 449 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING BOTH TODAY AND MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR EVEN FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.