Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. West southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 30. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77. East southeast wind 5 to 13 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. South wind 6 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. West southwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north northwest 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
413 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015

…RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 70S WILL COMBINE WITH DRY
AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-
413 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 /313 AM MDT FRI MAR 20 2015/

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NIOBRARA AND LOUP RIVER BASIN…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM
MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA…IN NEBRASKA…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…WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS…ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY 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.