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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
716 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
.THE COMBINATION OF WARMER TEMPERATURES NEAR 60, VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 TO 20 PERCENT, SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO
35 TO 45 MPH, AND DRY FUELS MAY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY.
MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-280030-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0001.260328T1500Z-260329T0200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
716 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* TIMING...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 16 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-065>070-075>078-084-085-093-280030-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0001.260328T1700Z-260329T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-
FREEBORN-
716 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL,
SOUTHEAST, AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* TIMING...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 18 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
DYE
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