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Fire Weather Watch
ActiveNorth Bighorn Basin/Worland BLM; Cody Foothills; Lincoln and Uinta Counties/Lower Elevations; Upper Green River Basin/Rock Springs BLM; Sweetwater County/Rock Springs BLM/Flaming Gorge NRA
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The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.
* IMPACTS: Low Humidities...Hot Temperatures...and Strong Gusty Winds could cause erratic fire behavior.
* AFFECTED AREA: In Central WY Fire Zones...280...283...285...288...289...300. In North Central WY Fire Zones...275...276...281...282...287. In Northwest WY Fire Zone....286. In Southwest WY Fire Zones...277...279. In West Central WY Fire Zone....278.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central WY...Fremont...Natrona. In North Central WY...Big Horn...Hot Springs...Johnson...Park Washakie. In Southwest WY...Sweetwater...Uinta. In West Central WY...Lincoln...Sublette.
* WIND: Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* HUMIDITY: 12 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES: Highs in 70s West of the Continental Divide and the mountains; in the 80s to near 90 in the lower elevations East of the Divide.
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