FIRE DANGER IN VIRGINIA, MD, and NC!!!!

[george_r_1961]

I havent seen too many of these come out of the Wakefield VA office.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
412 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-261000-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-
PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-
LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...MARGARETTSVILLE...
AHOSKIE...ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...
FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...
COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...
PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...
POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...
WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
412 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS
EVENING...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. OVERALL...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT...AND ON SUNDAY.
SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY RECOVER TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 PERCENT.
ON SUNDAY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RANGING FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT...ALONG
WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASED
RISK OF FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...WITH GRASS FIRES
BEING THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 5 AND
15 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
REMAIN LOW.


PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
REGION OF THIS FIRE WEATHER STATEMENT.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

$$

BROWN

[WindRunner]

We actually had a Fire Weather Watch up on Friday aft/Saturday morning, but Sterling dropped it when local official told them that most of the fire fuel was not dry enough for fires. If it were dry enough, though, we'd have a Red Flag Warning up for the entire DC/Balt. area. I don't remember that happening at all in the past several years; it would definately be something surprising.