Elevated Fire Weather Risk Sunday throughout Southern New England

Weather conditions Sunday will lead to a high risk of fire, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a special weather advisory warning of elevated fire risk weather throughout the day.

The warning is in effect from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday.

According to the National Weather Service, relative humidities will drop to between 25 and 30 percent Sunday afternoon. When combined with the expected frequent wind gusts of 25 to 30 mph, this will result in elevated fire risk weather across a large portion of Southern New England.

The NWS says:

Massachusetts fire managers have reported very low fuel moisture levels, even though much of the region is advancing through a green-up. These low fuel moistures likely extend into adjacent portions of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Officials say similar relative humidity and wind conditions are expected for Monday, thus an elevated fire weather risk will likely be in place for Monday, as well.