It's nice here, but since we've gotten no rain really in quite some time, an alert was posted for the area from N. Webster, Indiana--
----INCREASINGLY DRY CONDITIONS TO HEIGHTEN FIRE CONCERNS...
DESPITE A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY... RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE SPARSE WITH PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO AND FAR NORTHERN INDIANA SEEING UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN. WHILE HELPFUL... THIS WILL DO LITTLE TO REDUCE THE OVERALL DRY CONDITIONS.
SEASONABLY COOL AND MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SETTLE IN THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON... AND INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON WILL SUBSIDE AND REMAIN UNDER 10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO DRY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK AS WELL. WHILE FULL RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE MET... THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ANY BURNING ACTIVITIES ARE SAFE. REPORTS OF GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN INCREASING SINCE THIS WEEKEND... AND WITH NO RAIN THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS... THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL ONLY GET WORSE... WITH INCREASING FIRE DANGER.