Last Updated on November 20, 2022 10:30 am
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-202300-Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Yancey-Mitchell-Buncombe-Henderson-Caldwell Mountains-Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains-1020 AM EST Sun Nov 20 2022
…INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING…
Gusty mountain winds are expected to steadily diminish throughearly afternoon. Meanwhile, although temperatures are coolertoday, much drier air is also in place, and this will result inrelative humidity lowering to the 15-25 percent range across muchof the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia for several hoursthis afternoon. These factors combined with dry vegetation areexpected to result in an enhanced risk for the start and spread ofwildfire, especially across the mountains, where a brief overlapin the gusty winds and low humidity is expected.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whetheryou can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution sincefires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
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