Low humidity and high winds will create what weather experts call “ideal conditions” for wildfires across North Carolina on Saturday. The National Weather Service declared a “red flag warning” for an area stretching from coastal Virginia down to central Alabama.

On Saturday at 3:57 a.m. a red flag warning was issued by the NWS Wakefield VA in effect until 7 p.m. The warning is for Northampton, Hertford and Bertie counties.

A fter spring warmth and an influx of dry air, the fire weather forecast for the Piedmont Triad will jump to the highest level, the Extreme Fire Danger rating for the weekend. The

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a weather alert at 5:39 a.m. on Saturday for fire danger until 10 p.m. The alert is for Mainland Hyde, Northern Craven, Southern Craven, West Carteret, Inland Onslow and Coastal Onslow as well as Washington,

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a red flag warning at 4:07 a.m. on Saturday valid between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. The warning is for Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, Caldwell Mountains, Greater Caldwell,

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued an updated report at 2:21 p.m. on Friday for fire danger until 7 p.m. The alert is for Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, Caldwell Mountains, Greater Caldwell,

The NWS Blacksburg VA issued a fire weather watch at 1:56 p.m. on Friday in effect until Saturday at 8 p.m. The watch is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.

Much of North Carolina will reach “extreme” fire danger levels over the next several days, according to a state tracking tool. The heightened fire risk stretches across most of the state, with more than two-thirds of North Carolina counties in either the “extreme” or “very high” danger levels on Friday,