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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; North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin; Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains
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Started about 2 hours ago
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Severe
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Details
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 417 through 433.
* WIND...Saturday west to northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Overnight, lighter variable winds of 5 to 10 mph. Sunday west to northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph west of I-25, with winds turning southerly to easterly east of I-25.
* HUMIDITY...Daytime minimum RH between 5 and 10 percent 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 and Goshen 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.
Data from the National Weather Service
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