FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR: Eastern Panhandle, Crescent Lake NWR Frenchman Basin Loess Plains Loup Rivers Basin Sandhills, Valentine NWR, Nebraska National Forest ...Fire weather watch for western nebraska monday... .Temperatures will climb into the 70s ahead of a cold front on monday. Warm dry air and winds gusting to around 30 mph will combine with dry fuels to create critical or near critical fire weather conditions. ...Fire weather watch remains in effect from monday afternoon through monday evening for wind and low relative humidity for most of western and north central nebraska... * Affected area...In nebraska...Fire weather zone 204 eastern panhandle/crescent lake nwr...Fire weather zone 206 sandhills/valentine nwr/nebraska national forest/ samuel r mckelvie national forest...Fire weather zone 209 loup rivers basin...Fire weather zone 210 frenchman basin and fire weather zone 219 loess plains. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fire starts will have the potential to burn out of control and exhibit extreme fire behavior. A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:30:34 +0000