The National Weather Service is warning that there is an elevated risk of fire spread in portions of the Mid Atlantic today. All of New Jersey and Delaware, much of the eastern two-thirds of Pennsylvania and Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Northern Virginia has been issued a Special Weather Statement by the National Weather Service (NWS) warning of this fire danger.
The NWS says minimum humidity values will fall to between 20 and 30 percent in this region; combined with northwesterly winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph will make conditions ripe for the spread of fire. The continued drying of the fine fuels will also support the rapid spread of any fires that ignite, which could quickly become difficult to control…