INCREASED FIRE DANGER UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

This afternoon will again be very dry, with minimum relative
humidity in the 15-20% range expected across much of the region.
While winds are not expected to be quite as strong today, gusts of
at least 25mph are expected during the afternoon, continuing the
enhanced fire danger conditions.

The greatest fire danger will exist across much of the mountains,
and portions of the foothills and Piedmont of upstate South
Carolina and northeast Georgia, where a Red Flag Warning is in
effect. See that bulletin...CAERFWGSP for additional information.

A statewide burn ban remains in place for both North Carolina and
South Carolina.