Rain isn’t always good…
This passed through this afternoon. Fortunately low fire danger. If this had set up when active fires were burning it would have been a potentially critical situation, at least in the areas that didn’t get the down pours associated with the t-storms. At my house we just got barely enough to wet dry surfaces with a few minutes of high winds:
From a strategic point of view, crews in light fuels, like hardwood leaf litter, would probably be OK as long as they know it’s coming and consider the impact on slop over of control lines, and are ready to get into good black. Crews in brush or under potential crown fires should be advised to seek safer areas till it passes.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 401 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010 CTZ003-004-MAZ005-006-012>014-RIZ001-032115- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-100503T2100Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 401 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS...IS GOING TO PRODUCE A BURST OF WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES TO BREAK...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CONNECTICUT. ALREADY THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TREES DOWN WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 240 PM AND 340 PM. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS PASSES THRU QUICKLY AND WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE WITHIN AN HOUR OF ITS PASSAGE.
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