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INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

Dry air and deep mixing will allow the relative humidity to fall to critical values across the North Carolina mountains, foothills, and portions of the western Piedmont this afternoon. Relative Humidity values are expected to be 20 percent or less for several hours this afternoon through early evening. Westerly winds will
range from 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph, along and north of the Interstate 40 corridor, to 10 to 20 mph with gusts as high as 30 mph to the south. This combined with dry fuels will result in potentially dangerous fire weather conditions.