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North Platte - NE, US, National Weather Service

Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY TO 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SUNDAY 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 Red Flag Warning for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is in effect from 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ Saturday to 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. 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...Red Flag Warning in effect from 10 AM CDT (9 AM MDT) Saturday through 4 AM CDT (3 AM MDT) Sunday morning. WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Winds will shift late Saturday evening to the north with gusts up to 45 MPH possible RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 to 13 percent. TEMPERATURES...90 in northeastern areas, to the upper 90s in SW Nebraska. LIGHTNING...None expected. IMPACTS...Any fire starts will spread rapidly and will be difficult to control. ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A sharp frontal boundary will arrive from the north late Saturday evening, producing an abrupt wind shift and gusts up to 45 mph during the late evening and overnight hours. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT... .Record high temperatures Saturday in the 90s will lead to single digit relative humidity Saturday afternoon across the area. Low relative humidity will combine with gusty westerly winds to 30 MPH Saturday afternoon, producing critical fire weather conditions. An abrupt change in wind direction to the north will commence late Saturday evening across northern Nebraska, transitioning south into the overnight. Winds with this shift in wind direction will reach up to 45 MPH overnight.