CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...MARGARETTSVILLE...
LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...
COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...
PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...
POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON
549 AM EDT SAT MAY 8 2010

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE MID MORNING
HOURS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25
AND 35 PERCENT BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF ANY FIRES DO START.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION HANDLING ANY POTENTIAL
IGNITION SOURCE...INCLUDING MACHINERY... CIGARETTES...AND MATCHES.
BE SURE TO PROPERLY DISCARD ALL SMOKING MATERIALS. ANY DRY GRASSES
AND TREE LITTER THAT IGNITE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD
QUICKLY.

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ALB
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