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March 14, 2006

Wildfire hazard Wednesday

Watch those smokes. Dry air and high winds have raised the risk of wildfires in Maryland the Virginia for tomorrow. "Red Flag" warnings have been posted for much of Virginia and the lower Eastern Shore. And the danger is only slightly less in Central Maryland. Here's how the weather service put it:

"...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...


"THE COMBINATION OF DRY GROUND...DRY AIR...AND STRONG WINDS WILL
LEAD TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY. WINDS
WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH. MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REACH 20 TO 30 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH
THIS MORNINGS SHOWERS WILL MOISTEN THE GROUND A LITTLE...
PERSISTENT WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOULD DRY FUELS...PRIMING THE
GROUND BY WEDNESDAY.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS."

The Red Flag warnings in Virginia cover all the areas in red on this map.  A Red Flag warning means:

"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."

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Frank --

great blog, fascinating stuff. Q: what is the deal with the high winds lately? Is it just me or has stuff been blowing off my porch & around my yard for a few years now? Is this recent uptick in high wind gusts normal for Maryland?

Posted by: cvillegrad89 | March 15, 2006 9:46 AM

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Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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