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This is the 5th day that we have been under Severe or Very High risk of fire danger. It's April 23 typically our rainiest portion of the year. Mind you, this isn't out in southern California or in Arizona, New Mexico or Montana, this is in Western New York. Over the weekend alone there were 40 brush and grass fires of varying degrees of severity.
Sure thing climate change does not exist.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1014 AM EDT WED APR 23 2008
NYZ003-004-012>014-020-021-241415- MONROE-WAYNE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- 1014 AM EDT WED APR 23 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH MORE CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL MAKE FOR LESS RISK COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS PLENTY OF SUNSHINE RETURNS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF TINDER DRY DEAD GRASS AND BRUSH COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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