NEXT TUESDAY. PLEA. ALL RIGHT CHRIS, THANK YOU. AND JUST WITHIN THE PAST FEW DAYS, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN MONITORING TWO BRUSH FIRES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, ONE IN BOCA RATON, THE OTHER IN LOXAHATCHEE. GUSTY WINDS MADE PUTTING THEM OUT DIFFICULT, AND NEARBY ROADS HAD TO CLOSE AS CREWS WATCHED FOR HOTSPOTS. THIS IS AN EARLY TASTE OF THE FIRE SEASON HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING IS HERE WITH US. WHERE WITH WHERE WE STAND WITH RAINFALL SO FAR AND WHAT CAUSES FIRES THIS TIME OF YEAR, BROOKE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. FELICIA AND JADE. FIRE SEASON TYPICALLY SPARKS AS WE GET INTO THE PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE LESS COLD FRONTS THROUGH THE PERIOD JUST BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON BEGINS. AND AS OF JANUARY FIRST, WEST PALM BEACH HAS SEEN A TOTAL OF 14.33IN OF RAINFALL, WHICH IS ALMOST THREE INCHES ABOVE THE AVERAGE. WHEREAS VERO BEACH AND MOST OF THE TREASURE COAST IS AT A DEFICIT ABOUT 5.217IN OF RAINFALL SO FAR, WHICH IS JUST FIVE INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA IS NOT EXPERIENCING DROUGHT CONDITIONS, THOUGH, AND AS WE CONTINUE THE WEEK WITH LOWER HUMIDITY, LIMITED RAINFALL AND ALSO THE BREEZE, THESE ARE ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR FOR FIRES TO SPREAD VERY QUICKLY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE CERTAIN WARNINGS WHEN THERE’S THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO IGNITE OR SPREAD EASILY. SO IF A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED, THIS MEANS THAT THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO COMBINE AND PRODUCE AN INCREASED RISK FOR FIRE DANGER. WILDFIRES BEGAN MORE TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE DRIER THAN NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT THEY CAN ALSO START JUST BY HUMAN ACTIONS THAT ARE UNINTENDED, LIKE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THROWING A CIGARET OUT AND NOT DISPOSING OF IT PROPERLY. SO WE CAN ALL DO OUR PART TO PREVENT WILDFIRES. ANOTHER WAY WILDFIRES START NATURALLY IS BY LIGHTNING, A HUGE FACTOR FOR THIS YEAR’S WILDFIRE SEASON WILL ALSO DEPEND ON JUST HOW QUICKLY THE RAINY SEASON KICKS IN, WHICH IS TYPICALLY MID-MAY FOR SOUTH FLORIDA AND L