- County,
- Fire Weather Watch issued April 04 at 9:05PM CDT until April 05 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS
- Effective: 9:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2013
- Expires: 9 p.m. on Friday, April 5, 2013
...WARM...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOWER PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE ACROSS
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION ON FRIDAY. GREEN-UP ACROSS THE
REGION HAS JUST BEGUN...SO WITH THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DRY FINE
FUELS STILL PRESENT...THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH
STILL EXISTS WITH THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TOMORROW.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...041...042...252...253 AND 254...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254
CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...WITH DRY FINE FUELS STILL IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH DUE TO DRY AND
WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.- See more at NOAA
