× Fire Weather Watch
Until 2025-03-20T05:00:00-05:00 • National Weather Service
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... .Gusty southwesterly winds of 15 to 25 MPH with gusts to 35 MPH will combine with minimum RH of 10 to 20 percent Thursday afternoon leading to critical fire weather conditions Thursday afternoon into early Thursday evening. The main area of concern is north of Interstate 80 and locations west of a line from Brady, to Taylor, to O'Neill. RH recovery Thursday night will struggle to reach 55 to 65 percent. The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire Weather Watch for low relative humidity and gusty winds which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest and Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest. * TIMING...Noon through 9 PM CDT Thursday. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 62. * LIGHTNING...Not Expected. * IMPACTS...Any fire starts have a good potential to spread rapidly and may be difficult to control.