While regulated use restrictions have been lifted, fire danger is at moderate this week in the Sweet Home area.
“East winds drove that up,” said Chad Calderwood, the Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit forest protection supervisor. Sunday, east winds, which dry out fuels, were 30 mph on the ridge tops and reached up to 15 mph locally.
Humidity was 14 percent locally and 22 percent on the ridge tops, he said. Moisture recovery…