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ActiveNiobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains; Southwest Carbon County; Sierra Madre Range/Medicine Bow NF
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* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 417, 418, 419, 423, 424, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, and 433.
* WIND...During the daytime hours, west to northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Overnight, lighter variable winds of 5 to 10 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Daytime minimum RH between 5 and 10 percent on Friday and on Saturday, and between 8 and 12 percent on Sunday. Overnight recoveries of 20 to 40 percent along and west of Interstate 25 and 40 to 60 percent in Niobrara, Goshen, and Eastern Laramie Counties.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Isolated high-based showers will have the potential to produce gusty and erratic winds along with a few strikes of lightning without much, if any, rainfall during the afternoon and evening hours both Saturday and Sunday.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
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