FIRE WEATHER WATCH: NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS, NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, NORTHWEST INDIANA Saturday Morning Through Saturday Afternoon


    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.

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