Special Statement
Expires 6:00 PM EST on February 12, 2012
Statement as of 12:11 am EST on February 12, 2012
... Increased fire danger across central North Carolina today...
West northwest winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts around 25 mph will
occur today. These winds combined with relative humidity values
falling to near 20 percent will lead to adverse fire weather
conditions today across all of central North Carolina. Any
fires that occur could begin to burn out of control under these
conditions.
Anyone planning to conduct burning should consider postponing
until more favorable conditions occur.
328 PM EST Sat Feb 11 2012
... Increased fire danger across central North Carolina Sunday...
Steady west northwest winds around 15 mph with gusts around 25 mph
will occur Sunday. These winds combined with relative humidity
values falling to near 20 percent will lead to adverse fire weather
conditions on Sunday across all of central North Carolina. Any fires
that occur could begin to burn out of control under these conditions.
Anyone planning to conduct burning Sunday should consider postponing
until more favorable conditions occur.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:03 PM EST on February 11, 2012
... Highest wind gusts in the past 24 hours in central NC...
... Wayne County...
3 SSE Goldsboro (109 ft)(coop) 755 PM Feb 11 36 mph
5 NW Goldsboro (86 ft)(raws) 614 PM Feb 11 31 mph
Goldsboro-Wayne Airport (awos) 615 PM Feb 11 30 mph
4 se Pikeville (134 ft)(aprswxnet) 607 PM Feb 11 28 mph
3 NNE Mar-Mac (79 ft)(nc-econet) 900 PM Feb 11 25 mph
... Warren County...
4 se Warrenton (424 ft)(raws) 852 PM Feb 11 34 mph
... Wake County...
Raleigh-Durham Intl Airport (437 ft)(asos) 404 PM Feb 11 43 mph
3 NNE Angier (374 ft)(aprswxnet) 641 PM Feb 11 43 mph
2 N New Hope (279 ft)(aprswxnet) 440 PM Feb 11 37 mph
2 WNW Fuquay-Varina (456 ft)(aprswxnet) 613 PM Feb 11 33 mph
1 SSW Fuquay-Varina (347 ft)(aprswxnet) 503 PM Feb 11 31 mph
5 se Rolesville (331 ft)(aprswxnet) 508 PM Feb 11 30 mph
7 WNW Falls Lake (367 ft)(aprswxnet) 815 PM Feb 11 29 mph
3 NE Lake Wheeler (381 ft)(nc-econet) 600 PM Feb 11 29 mph
2 WSW CArpenter (350 ft)(aprswxnet) 439 PM Feb 11 29 mph
3 WNW apex (426 ft)(aprswxnet) 612 PM Feb 11 28 mph
3 ENE Cary (419 ft)(nc-econet) 500 PM Feb 11 28 mph
2 SW Falls Lake (416 ft)(aprswxnet) 730 PM Feb 11 27 mph
3 S Creedmoor (250 ft)(aprswxnet) 710 PM Feb 11 25 mph
... Vance County...
1 S Gillburg (442 ft)(aprswxnet) 658 PM Feb 11 33 mph
... Stanly County...
Locust (741 ft)(aprswxnet) 430 PM Feb 11 36 mph
Albemarle (awos) 355 PM Feb 11 35 mph
... Scotland County...
Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (221 ft)(asos) 652 PM Feb 11 36 mph
... Sampson County...
Clinton (awos) 755 PM Feb 11 31 mph
... Richmond County...
2 WNW Camp Mackall (377 ft)(awos) 855 PM Feb 11 41 mph
4 N Dobbins Heights (399 ft)(raws) 445 PM Feb 11 40 mph
Rockingham-Hamlet Airport (awos) 315 PM Feb 11 35 mph
... Randolph County...
Asheboro (awos) 315 PM Feb 11 32 mph
... Person County...
Person County Airport (610 ft)(awos) 455 PM Feb 11 38 mph
... Orange County...
Duke Forest met sta nr Chapel HIll (goes) 916 PM Feb 11 40 mph
Horace Williams Airport (asos) 146 PM Feb 11 33 mph
5 N Efland (669 ft)(aprswxnet) 923 PM Feb 11 26 mph
... Nash County...
Rocky Mount-Wilson rgnl (160 ft)(asos) 553 PM Feb 11 39 mph
... Moore County...
Moore County Airport (awos) 535 PM Feb 11 36 mph
... Montgomery County...
3 ENE Norman (625 ft)(nc-econet) 200 PM Feb 11 35 mph
... Lee County...
Sanford (awos) 815 PM Feb 11 39 mph
... Johnston County...
2 WNW Coats Crossroads (305 ft)(aprswxnet) 740 PM Feb 11 36 mph
Smithfield (150 ft)(awos) 855 PM Feb 11 33 mph
3 se Four Oaks (141 ft)(aprswxnet) 800 PM Feb 11 33 mph
2 se Flowers (252 ft)(aprswxnet) 602 PM Feb 11 33 mph
5 NW Coats Crossroads (304 ft)(aprswxnet) 905 PM Feb 11 25 mph
4 S Clayton (250 ft)(nc-econet) 800 PM Feb 11 25 mph
... Halifax County...
Halifax-Northampton regional ap (awos) 515 PM Feb 11 35 mph
... Guilford County...
Piedmont triad Intl Arpt (asos) 1254 PM Feb 11 40 mph
3 NE Jamestown (882 ft)(aprswxnet) 432 PM Feb 11 31 mph
4 SW Greensboro (870 ft)(wxforyou) 330 PM Feb 11 28 mph
3 SSW Lake Townsend (920 ft)(wxforyou) 401 PM Feb 11 26 mph
... Granville County...
5 WNW Franklinton (518 ft)(aprswxnet) 841 PM Feb 11 32 mph
5 W Franklinton (518 ft)(awx) 840 PM Feb 11 32 mph
... Franklin County...
Louisburg (awos) 515 PM Feb 11 31 mph
3 ENE pilot (306 ft)(aprswxnet) 811 PM Feb 11 30 mph
... Forsyth County...
Smith Reynolds Airport (969 ft)(asos) 254 PM Feb 11 35 mph
Sumter Municipal Airport (awos) 255 PM Feb 11 30 mph
2 NE Stanleyville (825 ft)(aprswxnet) 230 PM Feb 11 28 mph
... Edgecombe County...
2 NNE Tarboro (55 ft)(awos) 715 PM Feb 11 37 mph
1 SSW Kingsboro (87 ft)(nc-econet) 800 PM Feb 11 31 mph
... Durham County...
1 ESE Gorman (354 ft)(aprswxnet) 517 PM Feb 11 30 mph
... Davidson County...
Lexington (goes) 316 PM Feb 11 45 mph
Lexington (awos) 1235 PM Feb 11 32 mph
2 WNW midway (771 ft)(aprswxnet) 329 PM Feb 11 28 mph
... Cumberland County...
Usfs met stn at Fort Bragg (goes) 814 PM Feb 11 38 mph
Pope AFB (218 ft)(coop) 245 PM Feb 11 36 mph
Fayetteville regional/Grannis field (asos) 753 PM Feb 11 35 mph
... Anson County...
Anson County Airport (300 ft)(awos) 335 PM Feb 11 38 mph
4 E Lilesville (456 ft)(nc-econet) 400 PM Feb 11 31 mph
... Alamance County...
Burlington Municipal Airport (asos) 354 PM Feb 11 36 mph
1 NE Burlington (649 ft)(aprswxnet) 812 PM Feb 11 28 mph
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. Not all data listed is considered official. The
National Weather Service thanks its private and public partners for
providing US with this data.
