Weather

County,
Fire Weather Watch issued December 11 at 9:30PM CST until December 12 at 5:00PM CST by NWS
Effective: 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012
Expires: 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...
.INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...018 AND 019...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL.
* WINDS...SOUTHERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL
HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO
CONTAIN. USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD
RESULT IN A FIRE.

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