FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
340 PM EDT WED APR 5 2000

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA FOR THURSDAY...

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTHEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. ALSO...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

FINE FUEL MOISTURE VALUES...REPORTED BY THE VIRGINIA FOREST SERVICE
OFFICIALS...ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LOW ON THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WARRANTS THE ISSUANCE OF
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

PLEASE ADVISE FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS FIRE
WEATHER WATCH.

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