Fire Weather Warning - and frost

CanisLupusArctos · 05-29-2008, 12:58 PM

Hard to believe, after such a record-wet winter and all those flood fears we had, but the spring's second fire weather threat is here.

The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather (Red Flag) Warning for today. This is due to a combination of conditions favorable for the unpredictable spread of fire. We've had less than a half-inch of rain this month and the wind is blowing pretty good. Additionally, the humidity is extremely low. It doesn't take very much effort to get a fire started in this weather.

This dry weather is also causing some very cold nights. A very little-known fact is that water vapor (i.e. humidity, clouds, etc.) is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than the well-publicized CO2, and without much water vapor around, it's hard to keep daytime heat near the earth once the sun goes down. Therefore don't let today's 70-degree temps fool you - away from the water you might have frost by tomorrow morning.

If you like amazing views and/or stargazing, this is also fantastic weather for that, too. Just remember if you think you see clouds it's probably smoke.

This threat is expected to last until tomorrow night when the next weather system moves in and gives us a crappy weekend but much-needed rain.

05-29-2008, 12:58 PM	#1
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	Fire Weather Warning - and frost Hard to believe, after such a record-wet winter and all those flood fears we had, but the spring's second fire weather threat is here. The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather (Red Flag) Warning for today. This is due to a combination of conditions favorable for the unpredictable spread of fire. We've had less than a half-inch of rain this month and the wind is blowing pretty good. Additionally, the humidity is extremely low. It doesn't take very much effort to get a fire started in this weather. This dry weather is also causing some very cold nights. A very little-known fact is that water vapor (i.e. humidity, clouds, etc.) is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than the well-publicized CO2, and without much water vapor around, it's hard to keep daytime heat near the earth once the sun goes down. Therefore don't let today's 70-degree temps fool you - away from the water you might have frost by tomorrow morning. If you like amazing views and/or stargazing, this is also fantastic weather for that, too. Just remember if you think you see clouds it's probably smoke. This threat is expected to last until tomorrow night when the next weather system moves in and gives us a crappy weekend but much-needed rain.