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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
311 AM MDT TUE SEP 18 2018
..RED FLAG WARNING FOR FWZ 303
304 AND 306 FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...
..FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FWZ 303
304 AND 306 FOR CONTINUED
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY...
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CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE-SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-
311 AM MDT TUE SEP 18 2018
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 303, 304, AND 306...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 303, 304, AND 306...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 303.FIRE WEATHER ZONE
304.FIRE WEATHER ZONE 306.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH EXPECTED TODAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
* HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT TO OCCUR EACH AFTERNOON WITH POOR
OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY DEVELOP. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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