Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Portland, ME

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
308 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

NHZ005>010-013-014-162215-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...
WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...
CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...
SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
308 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY...

WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS...AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE
TO CREATE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20-30% AND
WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

DESPITE DEVELOPING GREEN-UP CONDITIONS AND RECENT
PRECIPITATION...LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS CAUTION THERE WILL BE AN
ELEVATED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL TODAY.

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