[Richard - 301] URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 323 AM MDT SUN SEP 8 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY. A LEE TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL STRENGTHEN AND PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN AS WELL. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL BEGIN REACHING THE SURFACE LATER THIS MORNING AS DAYTIME MIXING BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE. DRIER AIR TO THE WEST WILL SEEP IN DURING THE LATE MORNING TO AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO AGAIN REACH THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT OF THESE FACTORS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE AREA COVERED BY THE RED FLAG WARNING IS THE AREA WHERE FUELS ARE BELIEVED TO BE CONDUCIVE TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH. DRY WEATHER OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAVE LEAD TO DRY FUELS. EASTERN PORTIONS OF CHEYENNE AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST COLORADO ARE ALSO BELIEVED TO BE DRY ENOUGH ACCORDING TO SATELLITE DERIVED GREENNESS/FUEL MOISTURE ESTIMATES. COZ253-254-KSZ001-002-013-014-NEZ079-080-081730- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0018.130908T1700Z-130909T0200Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK- 323 AM MDT SUN SEP 8 2013 /423 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT /NOON CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...014... 079...080...253 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT /NOON CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:35:10 +0000
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