Red Flag Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

324 
WWUS83 KLBF 302030
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
330 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

.RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS ACROSS MUCH
OF WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AS WINDS OCCASIONALLY
GUST UP TO 25 MPH. 

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-310100-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100331T0100Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-
FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
330 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010 /230 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...204...206...208...209...210...219

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...204...206...208...209...219

BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE
WINDS...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO
LOWER TEENS...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WITH
DRY FUELS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP...WILL GROW VERY QUICKLY
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL TOWARD
SUNSET... ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES TO RECOVER ABOVE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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117 
WWUS83 KLBF 302032
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
332 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

.RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS ACROSS
MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AS WINDS
OCCASIONALLY GUST UP TO 25 MPH.

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-310100-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100331T0100Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-
FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
332 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010 /232 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS...

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...204...206...208...209...210...219

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...204...206...208...209...210...219

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...204...206...208...209...219

BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WITH DRY FUELS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP...WILL
GROW VERY QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN
TO FALL TOWARD SUNSET... ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES TO RECOVER
ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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148 
WWUS83 KLBF 310020
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
720 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

.TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER
70S...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RECOVER TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT.
WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN AS WELL. MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
RECOVER TO 65 TO 75 PERCENT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. 

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-310130-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100331T0100Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-
FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
720 PM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010 /620 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELED THE
RED FLAG WARNING. 

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...204...206...208...209...210...219

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RECOVERED TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVER THE
LAST HOUR AND WILL RECOVER FURTHER TO 65 TO 75 PERCENT TOWARD
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

$$

CLB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
354 AM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

.DISCUSSION...
WARM RIDGE TO BRING SUMMER LIKE TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION TODAY.
VERY DRY AIR AND MILD MORNING SO FAR...EVIDENT BY DEW PTS STILL
IN THE 20S WHILE TEMPS ONLY HAVING DROPPED TO AROUND 50 SO FAR.
BKN CIRRUS DECK AIDING IN TEMPS STAYING MILD THIS MORNING. TODAY
EVEN WITH HIGH CIRRUS OVERHEAD...TEMPS TO SOAR ABOVE 80 FOR MOST
LOCATIONS. HOWEVER RH VALUES FALLING TO CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS
THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN.
GOING TO HOIST A RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH
WINDS ARE MARGINAL. SEE FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE.

COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER WRN MT AND ID THIS MORNING...AND WILL
SLOWLY PUSH THIS WAY. MEANWHILE THIS WILL FORCE THE WARM RIDGE TO
THE EAST. BY TOMORROW MORNING FRONT WILL BE KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR.
BY AFTERNOON...FRONT INTO NW NEB...WITH GROWING CONFIDENCE ON
LOCATION AS THE NAM AND GFS IN BETTER AGREEMENT ALONG WITH
SUPPORT FROM SOME OF THE ENSEMBLES . HIGHS WELL AHEAD OF THE
FRONT STILL GOING TO APPROACH 80 DEGREES. HOWEVER...TEMP SPREAD
ACROSS THE FRONT WILL BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES. THUS HIGHS TOMORROW
VERY DEPENDENT ON LOCATION OF THE FRONT BY MIDDAY AND NEED TO BE
MONITORED CLOSELY.

BY TOMORROW NIGHT FRONT STALLS OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN NEB. WEAK
ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPS OVER NW ZONES...POST FRONTAL...WITH A
CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN SHOWERS. PRECIP WILL BE SLOW TO PUSH
EAST...AS A SURFACE LOW LIFTS NE ALONG THE BOUNDARY.

THURSDAY INSTABILITY GROWS...WITH NEGATIVE LI/S AND A COUPLE
HUNDRED J/KG OF CAPE DEVELOP OVER SW AND CENTRAL NEB. WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION THUNDER THURSDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...COOLER
AIR SLIDES INTO THE NW...WITH GOOD AGREEMENT FOR 850 MB TEMPS TO
DROP BELOW ZERO. HAVE A MENTION OF SNOW...HOWEVER SHOULD BE
LIGHT...AND AN INCH AT BEST ON GRASSY SURFACES.

SYSTEM FINALLY PUSHES EAST BY FRIDAY...HOWEVER COOLER AIR MASS TO
KEEP HIGHS DOWN FOR FRIDAY. THEN A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST
AGAIN...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND A REBOUND OF TEMPS BACK ABOVE
NORMAL...INTO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR KLBF AND KVTN THROUGH REMAINDER
OF 06Z TAF CYCLE. CURRENT BKN CIRRUS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
17Z..THEN SCT TO AT TIMES BKN INTO THE AFT/EVENING. WINDS FROM
17Z-01Z GENERALLY 24010G20KTS AT KVTN AND 18010G18KTS AT KLBF TO
QUICKLY DECOUPLE THEREAFTER.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
AS UPPER RIDGE AXIS MIGRATES EAST INTO IOWA AND MO BY LATE THIS
AFTN...UPPER RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN A BIT ACROSS WRN NEBR. ANOTHER
VERY WARM DAY WITH HIGHS FROM 80 TO 85. LOW DEW POINTS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 20S WEST OF AN ANW THROUGH LBF LINE AND UPPER 20S TO
LOWER 30S EAST OF THIS LINE WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT FOR ZONE 209 (LOUP RIVER ZONE) AND
BELO W 15 PERCENT FOR ALL REMAINING ZONES. THUS...MIN RH VALUES
ARE SUFFICIENT FOR RED FLAG WARNING ALL ZONES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT DEW POINTS HAVE BEEN FALLING BELOW FCST VALUES THE PAST FEW
DAYS AND THIS MAY OCCUR AGAIN TODAY.

BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY AT
TIMES IN ALL ZONES EXCEPT 210(FRENCHMAN BASIN ZONE) WHERE WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO OCCUR. STILL...EXPECT GUST POTENTIAL TO 25 MPH
IN THIS ZONE HOWEVER. WIND CRITERIA MAY BE MARGINAL AT TIMES IN
ALL ZONES...ALTHOUGH EXPECT CRITERIA SHOULD BE REACHED FOR AT
LEAST A FEW HOURS. WILL BEGIN RED FLAG WARNING AT 15Z AND END AT
01Z.

FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH SFC FRONT
WILL SAG SOUTH TO NEAR THE NEBR-KS BORDER WITH NORTHEAST
WINDS...COOLER HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S NORTHWEST TO UPPER 70S FAR
SOUTHEASTERN AREAS. THESE TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH HIGHER
DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO
AVOID CRITICAL CONDITIONS FROM BEING REACHED.

&&

.CLIMATE...
FORECAST HIGHS ARE IN THE LOWER 80S TODAY...SOME 20 TO 30 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS OF MARCH. RECORDS ACROSS THE
REGION INCLUDE 87 DEGREES AT NORTH PLATTE...92 AT BROKEN BOW...AND
88 AT IMPERIAL...HOWEVER VALENTINE IS ONLY 85 DEGREES AND MAY BE
IN JEOPARDY. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY COOL INTO THE UPPER 70S FOR
LBF...BBW AND IML...WHILE VTN LIKELY TO STRUGGLE TO REACH
70...THUS RECORDS LOOK SAFE FOR WEDNESDAY.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM
CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING
FOR NEZ204-206-208>210-219.

&&

DISCUSSION/CLIMATE...MASEK
AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...ROBERG

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
320 PM CDT MON MAR 29 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-301100-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
320 PM CDT MON MAR 29 2010 /220 PM MDT MON MAR 29 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDIITIES AND SOME
GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
PERKINS...CHASE...HAYES AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT EAST OF A LINE FROM
IMPERIAL TO SPRINGVIEW. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

CLB