A Red Flag Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service:
URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
250 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 2010…GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED RISK OF RAPIDLY MOVING GRASS AND FIELD FIRES INTO EARLY EVENING…
.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. AHEAD OF IT…A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE VALUES INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.
[…] …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH…WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE…TO ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED RISK OF RAPIDLY SPREADING FIELD AND GRASS FIRES. DRY FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DESPITE RECENT RAINFALL.
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.