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Goodland - KS, US, National Weather Service

Rawlins County

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001, 002, 003, 004, 014, 015, 016, 079, 080, 081, AND 252... AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 001 Cheyenne KS, 002 Rawlins, 003 Decatur, 004 Norton, 014 Thomas, 015 Sheridan, 016 Graham, 028 Logan, 029 Gove, 042 Wichita, 079 Dundy, 080 Hitchcock, 081 Red Willow and 252 Yuma. TIMING...From Saturday morning through late Saturday night. WINDS... Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. RELATIVE HUMIDITY... As low as 5 to 10 percent. IMPACTS... Unpredictable fire behavior. Any fires that develop may rapidly grow and spread out of control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.

.Persistently dry conditions and occasional gusts of wind may allow fires to rapidly spread. During the day, when conditions are most dry, winds will be from the southwest. Overnight, near the end of the Watch, a cold front will be moving in from the north. This front will bring in northerly winds and by Sunday morning, gusts up to 30 MPH are forecast. This could reinvigorate any smolder fires.