Last Updated on March 3, 2025 8:27 am
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…INCREASED FIRE DANGER FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THISEVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA..UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA..ANDNORTHEAST GEORGIA…
Another very dry day is expected again today with minimumrelative humidity of 20 to 25 percent possible in the afternoon.While winds are expected to be light and temperatures still on thecool side of normal, dry vegetation due to lack of recent rainfallcombined with the dry air will once again result in increasedwildfire danger in northeast Georgia, Upstate South Carolina andwestern North Carolina.
Across Upstate South Carolina, an outdoor burning ban from theSouth Carolina Forestry Commission remains in effect. A StateForester's Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, includingyard debris burning, prescribed burning, and campfires in allunincorporated areas of the state.
The burning ban will stay in effect until further notice.
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