Fire threat elevated

WWUS81 KCTP 041133
SPSCTP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
733 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-041345-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
733 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE ELEVATED TODAY...

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL LEAD TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
TODAY AND BRING NORTHERLY WINDS. WHILE THE WIND WILL BE LIGHT
THIS MORNING...THEY WILL INCREASE AND COULD PRODUCE GUSTS INTO THE
20 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO AID IN
DRYING THE AIR AND WILL LOWER FINE FUEL MOISTURE AS WELL. THESE
CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO A SITUATION WHERE WILD LAND AND BRUSH
FIRES MAY BE AT RISK OF RAPID SPREAD. HOWEVER...THE ACCELERATED
GREEN UP DUE TO THE ABNORMALLY WARM EARLY SPRING WEATHER SHOULD
HAMPER RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...AND THE AIR MAY ALSO NOT BE
DRY ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING.

FIRE MANAGERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE GROWTH
AND SPREAD MAY BE ELEVATED TODAY.

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DANGELO