NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1048 AM CDT MON OCT 8 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-
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/
THIS EVENING…
* AFFECTED AREA…NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* WINDS…SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID DAY PERSISTING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL AID IN LOWERING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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