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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 416 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008
Expiration: 600 PM EST FRI NOV 21 2008
...ENHANCED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
WILL BE NEAR 20 MPH AT TIMES FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RECENT DRY WINDY WEATHER HAS LED TO A
DRYING OF THE FINE FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS. WITH COLD TEMPERATURES IN
THE UPPER 30S AND 40S EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON... WARMTH TO
SUSTAIN FIRE GROWTH WILL BE ABSENT. HOWEVER... BURNING IS NOT
RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS... AND DRY LEAF LITTER... WHICH COULD LEAD TO RAPID FIRE
SPREAD.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 127 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008
Expiration: 515 AM EST FRI NOV 21 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE DISTURBANCE...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 10 AM
FRIDAY MORNING. IF LIGHT SNOW DOES DEVELOP...IT WILL BE BRIEF IN
NATURE...LASTING AN HOUR OR LESS IN ANY GIVEN LOCATION. ALTHOUGH
NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...A LIGHT DUSTING ON GRASSY OR
ELEVATED SURFACES CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
ABNORMALLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY
BEHIND A POLAR FRONT. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL TOP OUT AT 40 TO 45
DEGREES. THESE CHILLY READINGS COMBINED WITH BLUSTERY NORTHWEST
WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FOR MOST OF
THE DAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
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