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.