Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS

000 
WWUS83 KGLD 291638
RFWGLD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1038 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008

COZ253-254-300000-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0008.080329T1800Z-080330T0000Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-
1038 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TRI-
STATE REGION SATURDAY EVENING WILL PRODUCE WARM...DRY... AND
BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN COLORADO. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE
AT 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP
AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND BRIEFLY
GUST UP TO 40 MPH AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS83 KGLD 300006
RFWGLD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
606 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008

COZ253-254-300115-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-
606 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING...THE FIRE DANGER WILL DECREASE
SOMEWHAT AS DECREASING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING MOISTURE WILL
CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE.

$$

LOCKHART

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
242 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...
209 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008

TODAY LOOKS TO BE THE MOST PLEASANT DAY OF THE WEEKEND AS A WARM
FRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA. EXPECT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON TO REACH INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S ACROSS THE MUCH OF
THE TRI-STATE AREA WITH MID 60S FROM A LINE OF MCCOOK TO HILL CITY
ON EAST. WINDS THIS MORNING HAVE PICKED UP OUT OF THE SOUTH FROM
15 TO 20 MPH AND EXPECT THEM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
BUFKIT SOUNDINGS OVER KGLD SHOW A VERY WELL MIXED LAYER UP TO 600
MB WHICH WILL CONTINUE WITH MIXING DOWN WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH
FROM A LOFT. WITH THAT SAID...THAT ATM OVER EASTERN COLORADO
CONTINUES TO BE DRY WITH RHS DROPPING AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE HAVE ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE WESTERN KANSAS COUNTIES OUT OF
THE WATCH AS HIGHER TDS HAVE ADVECTED INTO THE AREA...PREVENTING
RHS TO DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS.

AS FAST AS THE WARM PLEASANT WEATHER ARRIVES TODAY...IT LEAVES. BY LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH DROPPING TEMPERATURES
DRAMATICALLY AS WELL AS INTRODUCING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN WITH
SOME SNOW MIXED THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING..ALSO AT THIS TIME WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN FROM 15 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE
EVENING. SUNDAYS MAX TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 20 DEGREES OFF
SATUDAYS MAX AS COOLER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
AND WINDS SWITCH OUT OF THE EAST.

THE COLD FRONT THAT AFFECTS OUR TEMPERATURES SUNDAY BECOMES
STATIONARY SUNDAY NIGHT AS IT IS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
BEFORE FINALLY PROGRESSING SOUTH TUESDAY MORNING. THE NEXT CHANCE
FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE THURSDAY WITH THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH
TO MOVE THE REGION. WENT AHEAD AND LEFT THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS
IS WITH NO CHANGES.

BURTIS

&&

.AVIATION...
1107 PM MDT FRI MAR 28 2008

FOR THE 06Z TAFS...PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
DESPITE THE LOSS OF DIURNAL MIXING...WITH THE INCREASING PRESSURE
GRADIENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH 00Z.
AM NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT LOW STRATUS AS EARLIER...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ADVECTION DOES NOT LOOK SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH AS CURRENT
SURFACE DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS ARE GREATER THAN 10 F. OTHERWISE VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH INCREASING CUMULUS POSSIBLE AFTER 15Z
TOMORROW.

SFJ
&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     COZ253-254.

&&

WFO GOODLAND

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1050 AM MDT FRI MAR 28 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-291300-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1050 AM MDT FRI MAR 28 2008 /1150 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

BLM