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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
745 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2025
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ST. LAWRENCE-
745 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.
WHILE WINDS CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THROUGH TONIGHT, RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS RISING SHARPLY AND CONDITIONS NO LONGER SUPPORT
CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WINDS AND
ONGOING DROUGHT, CARE SHOULD STILL BE EXERCISED TO NOT CAUSE A
SPARK, AND PLEASE REPORT ANY DOWNED POWER LINES.
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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT-NORTHEAST KINGDOM-CENTRAL VERMONT-
745 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL
VERMONT...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN VERMONT, CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT,
NORTHEAST KINGDOM AND CENTRAL VERMONT.
* TIMING...THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR
THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 33 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 66.
* 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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES, AND DRY FUELS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET
OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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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