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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
340 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2025
PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-272300-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
340 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2025
...ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD TODAY IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH.
THESE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL POSE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR
WILDFIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF HANDLING ANY POTENTIAL
IGNITION SOURCES, SUCH AS MACHINERY, CIGARETTES, OR MATCHES. IF
DRY GRASSES AND TREE LITTER IGNITE, THE FIRE WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. BE SURE TO HEED ANY LOCAL AND STATE
BURNING REGULATIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER AND WILDFIRE
PREVENTION, PLEASE VISIT THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES WEBSITE AT
HTTP://DCNR.PA.GOV/COMMUNITIES/WILDFIRE.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
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