FOR HOUGHTON COUNTY - Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
354 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...

.A DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER UPPER MICHIGAN. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING BUT
THE RAIN WILL BE TOO SPOTTY TO PROVIDE MUCH RELIEF TO THE ONGOING
SPRING DRY SPELL. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO
MIDDLE 80S THROUGH SATURDAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 DEGREES POSSIBLE
OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE WARM AND
DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BOTH
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WILL REACH 30 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE VERY WARM AND DRY
AIRMASS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT COMING
THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BRING TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM THE VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES...BUT NOT MUCH RAINFALL.

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KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
354 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
KEWEENAW PENINSULA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 KEWEENAW AND FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 003 NORTHERN HOUGHTON.

* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH ON FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ON
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT SOUTH OF THE PORTAGE CANAL
  ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND AS LOW AS 22 TO 27 PERCENT FOR ALL OF THE
  KEWEENAW PENINSULA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...AS WARM AS 80 TO 85 DEGREES SOUTH OF HOUGHTON ON
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND AS WARM AS THE LOWER 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES
  FOR ALL OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...BURN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE
  INFORMATION ON BURN RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE MICHIGAN DNR
  WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.MICHIGAN.GOV/BURNPERMIT...ALL LOWER
  CASE...OR BY CALLING 866-922-2876.

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.

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