URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1007 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012
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1007 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 /1107 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /11 AM
EST/ SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /11 AM EST/
SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
ALONG WITH NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TIMING...LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...UNDER 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID GROWTH
OF WILD FIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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