- County,
- Fire Weather Watch issued December 11 at 2:09PM CST until December 12 at 5:00PM CST by NWS
- Effective: 2:09 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012
- Expires: 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012
.A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE CO HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOUTHERLY
WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TO INCREASE AND GUST AS HIGH AS 35
MPH. AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
50S...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. THESE
WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND
CRITICAL FUELS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...REPUBLIC...WASHINGTON...CLOUD...CLAY...RILEY...
OTTAWA...DICKINSON AND GEARY COUNTIES.
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TIMING...THE MOST CRITICAL TIME WILL BE FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS BETWEEN 50 AND 53.
* IMPACTS...FIRES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
GROWTH...MAKING THEM DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING UNDER
CONTROL.- See more at NOAA
