- County,
- Fire Weather Watch issued October 22 at 3:51PM CDT until October 23 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS
- Effective: 3:51 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012
- Expires: 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST TUESDAY AND PUSH A DRY LINE THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS. DEW
POINTS WILL DROP SHARPLY BEHIND THE DRY LINE, AND WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO MARGINAL LEVELS. AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY, LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL RAISE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND MARGINAL WINDS FOR THAT AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 283...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR MARGINAL WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING... 1 PM CDT TO 6 PM CDT TUESDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND COULD
EASILY GET OUT OF CONTROL.- See more at NOAA
