Warning Description: Fire Weather Watch

Warning Date: 3:54 PM EDT on May 17, 2012

WarningSum:...Fire Weather Watch In Effect From Friday Morning Through
Saturday Evening For Wind And Low Relative Humidity For The East 
Half Of Upper Michigan Well Inland From Lake Michigan...

Warning Message:The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity...which is in
effect from Friday morning through Saturday evening.
* Affected area...fire weather zone 006 Alger...fire weather 
  zone 007 Luce...fire weather zone 008 Chippewa...fire weather 
  zone 013 Delta...fire weather zone 014 southern Schoolcraft...
  fire weather zone 015 Mackinac and fire weather zone 085 
  northern Schoolcraft.
* Winds...south 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph Friday afternoon
  and Saturday afternoon.
* Relative humidity...as low as 25 percent well inland from Lake
  Michigan Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon.
* Temperatures...as warm as 70 to 75 degrees inland from Lake
  Michigan on Friday afternoon and as warm as the middle 70s to lower
  80s inland from Lake Michigan on Saturday afternoon.
* Impacts...burn restrictions are likely in effect. For more 
  information on burn restrictions...visit the Michigan dnr 
  website at http://www.Michigan.Gov/burnpermit...all lower 
  case...or by calling 866-922-2876.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
* a Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather 
  conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts 
  and possible red flag warnings.