URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
419 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...
.RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...
LASTING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY AIR
MASS WILL ALLOW THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP AS LOW AS 20 TO 25
PERCENT. THESE DRY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20
MPH WITH GUSTS NEARING 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE VERY DRY ACROSS THE REGION AND
FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota all reported wildfires yesterday.
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