Special Weather Statement Issued for Suffolk County

The National Weather Service has issued the following special weather statement for Suffolk County:

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY... SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD GUST TO 20 MPH AND OCCASIONALLY TO AROUND 25 MPH...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...ACROSS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY. THIS COUPLED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM AROUND 30 TO AROUND 40 PERCENT WILL PROMOTE AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

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