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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1238 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2025
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ST. LAWRENCE-CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NEW YORK-
1238 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2025
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ST LAWRENCE
AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEYS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEW YORK, ST. LAWRENCE AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
OF NEW YORK.
* TIMING...THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR
BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM ON SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 TO 35 PERCENT, BUT LOCALIZED
HIGHER VALUES NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS BETWEEN 75 AND 80 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...IF ANY FIRES WERE TO START THE WEATHER AND FUEL
CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE FIRES TO QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BE
DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
VTZ030>035-190900-
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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT-NORTHEAST KINGDOM-CENTRAL VERMONT-
NORTHERN TACONICS-SOUTH CENTRAL GREENS-
LOWER CONNECTICUT VALLEY NORTH-
1238 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2025
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR VERMONT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTHERN VERMONT,
INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
* TIMING...THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR
BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM ON SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 40 PERCENT, BUT LOCALIZED
HIGHER VALUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREEN MOUNTAINS.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.
* IMPACTS...IF ANY FIRES WERE TO START THE WEATHER AND FUEL
CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE FIRES TO QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BE
DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS. REMEMBER, A DEBRIS BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
VERMONT WHICH MEANS NO OPEN BURNING OF DEBRIS IS ALLOWED.
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