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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
354 AM EST THU NOV 5 2009

NCZ021-022-038-039-060000-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO
354 AM EST THU NOV 5 2009

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...

AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE WEST
THIS AFTERNOON...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 25 TO 30
PERCENT RANGE. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST
WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO ADVERSE FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ANY PLANNED BURNING TODAY BE POSTPONED
UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER..LEADING TO SAFER BURNING CONDITIONS.

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SMITH