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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
543 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008


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EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-
LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-
WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
543 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF VERMONT AND CLINTON
AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN NEW YORK. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...WHICH WERE BLOWING IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE...HAVE DIMINISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN SPEED AS
THE EVENING WEARS ON. HOWEVER...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 
STILL REMAIN...WITH VALUES IN THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...BUT
READINGS SHOULD RISE ABOVE 30 PERCENT SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

FIRE PERSONNEL SHOULD STILL BE AWARE THAT VERY DRY FUELS EXIST
AND COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THROUGH SUNSET...ANY
FIRES THAT DO START COULD EXHIBIT ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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EVENSON