Red Flag Warning in effect for western Massachusetts on Friday

Well, this is typically the time of year that the brush fire threat does go up and that’s what we’re dealing with out there right now. We do have a red flag warning that has been issued for all of Western Massachusetts. And because of that brush fire danger that does exist out there and the weather conditions have a lot to do with that. We have low relative humidity. We’re talking about relative humidity right around 20%, even lower in some spots. Mild temperatures. We have temperatures that are in the 50’s and have those strong gusty winds. Winds

gusting over 30 miles per hour. So one fire does develop. It can spread rather quickly with the gusty winds. And also we have the lack of vegetation on the trees. So all of this contributes to that high fire danger. So it’s important to sure refrain from any outdoor burning and also make sure y