URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
620 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-
620 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 /720 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG
WINDS FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA…
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
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.