Severe Weather Alert

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY- RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 916 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2005

... INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TODAY AND CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE HIGH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL TEAM UP TO CAUSE AN INCREASE IN THE FIRE DANGER TODAY. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND SO WILL THE INCREASED FIRE DANGER.

THE AREA HAS SEEN NO RAINFALL THE PAST SEVEN DAYS... AND NO RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. FOREST UNDERSTORIES HAVE BECOME VERY DRY... CONDUCIVE TO FIRE IGNITION AND SPREAD.

LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PLEASE TO AWARE THAT JUST THE SMALLEST SPARK COULD IGNITE A WILDLAND FIRE.

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תוקן על ידי - kratzer - 15/04/2005 21:47:47