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North Platte - NE, US, National Weather Service

Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire Weather Watch for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night. AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin, Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin and Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. TIMING...11 AM CDT Wednesday through 5 AM CDT Thursday. WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph possible. A cold front is expected to pass through western and north central Nebraska overnight. Winds will shift to the north with gusts up to 40 MPH possible overnight Wednesday night. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 20 percent TEMPERATURES....Mid 80s to lower 90s. LIGHTNING...None. IMPACTS...Any fire starts may spread rapidly and be difficult to control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .The combination of low relative humidity and possible wind gusts up to 30 MPH may lead to critical fire weather conditions Wednesday into Wednesday night.