Fire Danger Friday Afternoon in Rabun County 

The National Weather Service in Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Upstate South Carolina and northeast Georgia, including Rabun County.  Fire danger is in effect from noon to 8pm on Friday, April 30.  Dry high pressure will begin to build into the area behind a departing cold front.  Fuel moisture values are very low due to the lack of recent rainfall and brush will dry out further on Friday.  Windy conditions will develop Friday afternoon as deep mixing occurs. These conditions, combined with a dry air mass allowing relative humidity values to drop to around 25 percent, will lead to an increased fire danger across the area.  Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn on Friday. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.