Red Flag Warning

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a Red Flag Warning for dry thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds, which is in effect until 11 PM MDT this evening. A Red Flag Warning has also been issued from noon Friday to 3 AM MDT Sunday.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 493 Central Utah Mountains.

* THUNDERSTORMS...Wednesday from 1 PM to 11 PM, Scattered dry thunderstorms with numerous outflow wind gusts to around 40 mph and isolated widely scattered wind gusts to around 60 mph.

* WINDS...Friday and Saturday, southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph with little relief Friday night.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Friday and Saturday, as low as 5 percent. Little to no overnight recovery Friday night.

* IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected. Any new fire starts or existing fires may spread rapidly.