Weather

County,
Fire Weather Watch issued March 17 at 10:58PM CDT until March 18 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 10:58 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, 2013
Expires: 7 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...017...018...060...072...073...
082 AND 083...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS AND FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 083 HARLAN.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO
CONTAIN. USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD
RESULT IN A FIRE.

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