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WWUS81 KBOX 171857  
SPSBOX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
257 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2024  
 
CTZ002>004-RIZ001>007-182100-  
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-  
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-  
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARTFORD, WINDSOR LOCKS, UNION, VERNON,  
PUTNAM, WILLIMANTIC, FOSTER, SMITHFIELD, PROVIDENCE, COVENTRY,  
WEST GREENWICH, EAST GREENWICH, WARWICK, WEST WARWICK, BRISTOL,  
NARRAGANSETT, WESTERLY, AND NEWPORT  
257 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2024  
   
..ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MONDAY AFTERNOON  
 
AN ANOMALOUSLY DRY AIRMASS FOR LATE MARCH WILL BE OVER THE REGION  
MONDAY. AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S MONDAY  
AFTERNOON, MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP NEAR OR BELOW  
30 PERCENT. THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING WEST WINDS OF 20 TO  
25 MPH WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR MONDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
 
 
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