- Fire Weather Watch for Albemarle County, Virginia
- Fire Weather Watch issued April 09 at 7:48PM EDT until April 09 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Monday, April 9, 2012 at 7:48 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 4 a.m.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF MARYLAND...NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR MOST OF MARYLAND...NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS CANCELLED
THE RED FLAG WARNING.
* MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT TODAY. AROUND 30
PERCENT ON TUESDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY.
NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY.
* FUEL MOISTURE...5 TO 8 PERCENT ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS
AND 3 TO 6 PERCENT ELSEWHERE.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS
WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY UNCONTROLLED FIRES.