Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
456 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012  

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
456 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 /556 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS
FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 LAKE IN...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 002 PORTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WINNEBAGO...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 004 BOONE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 MCHENRY...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 006 LAKE IL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 OGLE...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 010 LEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 NEWTON...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 011 DE KALB...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 JASPER...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 012 KANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 DUPAGE...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 014 COOK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 LA SALLE...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 019 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 KENDALL...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 021 GRUNDY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 WILL...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 023 KANKAKEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 LIVINGSTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 IROQUOIS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 FORD.

* 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.