Fire weather WATCH

Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
323 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS
AND MUCH DRIER AIR ADVECTING IN ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE NET RESULT
COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
323 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... WHICH IS IN
EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN
  NOON AND 6 PM CST.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DECREASE AS LOW AS
  15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN THE UPPER 50S
  TO LOWER 60S.

* IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES
  QUICKLY GROWING OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY
  DISCOURAGED.

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.