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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1221 PM MST FRI NOV 27 2009
NEZ020-054-055-WYZ101-106>108-110-118-119-272300-
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...
GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CHEYENNE...
BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
1221 PM MST FRI NOV 27 2009
...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...
STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO VERY WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS MAINLY TO THE LEE OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND ALONG THE
CHEYENNE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE GUSTING 20 TO
35 MPH WITH SOME AREAS SUCH AS NEAR ARLINGTON...BORDEAUX AND
WHITAKER GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DROPPED
TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS THIS AREA AS WELL.
THE COMBINATION OF DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS HAS HEIGHTENED FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT THE WARM AND DRY DOWNSLOPE
WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING
THROUGH THE EVENING.
RJM
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