FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
407 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2007

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SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
407 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND HUDSON VALLEY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 30
PERCENT...DRY WEATHER SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10
TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
MONDAY EVENING...AND DRY FINE FUELS IN MANY AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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Even with all the rain the ground actually is dry now?

I was surprised too, I was out doing some yard work today digging some holes and such and I noticed the ground was pretty dry but then again I only received 2'' from that Nor'Easter

Wow already? Damn I can remember the Nor'easter yesterday.

Glens Falls New York has both a flood warning and a Fire Weather Warning posted.

the humidity has been very low - that's why.  the ground by me is saturated though.

Had a brush fire here on LI just this morning at Connetquot Park. Lots of billowing smoke but seemed like they got it under control pretty quick.

had a pretty big brush fire here in orange county on RTE 218 in the mountains.  I jus got back from there, was there for a few hours.  Real hard fire to control since the terrain was so steep,  the fire spread uphill so rapidly, and there were so many rocks.  i had to climb to the top with 200 feet of hose on my back, its no fun, lol, especially with all the rocks