• Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. Light southeast wind becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 5 to 14 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a north wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 66.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
304 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80 FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING SURFACE
TROUGH ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WYOMING. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION
OF NEBRASKA WHICH WILL DRAW VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION.
HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO RISE WELL
ABOVE AVERAGE.

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/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.150311T1700Z-150312T0100Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-
304 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 /204 AM MDT WED MAR 11 2015/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/
TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN
  PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206
  SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R
  MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA
  VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS
  BASIN.

* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN
  OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR.

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 WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.