...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED HOWEVER CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...
.WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS START TO RISE EARLY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HOWEVER WILL RETURN ON MONDAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 AND NEAR 15 PERCENT...ANY FIRES THAT START MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BURN
VIGOROUSLY.
THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283... OR WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND.
* WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY NOON MONDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
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 CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
