Avisos

Fire Weather Watch issued September 28 at 1:32AM MDT until September 30 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAYMOST OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA....Gusty south to southwest winds are expected Sunday afternoon,especially over western South Dakota where winds will gust over 40mph. Further west, wind gusts are more uncertain Sunday, butdeeper mixing may allow for frequent gusts over 25 mph. RH willdrop below 15 percent all areas Sunday, with poor recovery Sundaynight. A cold front will move through the region Sunday nightsupporting gusty northwest winds. RH will again fall to below 20percent Monday, especially over southwest to south central SouthDakota. Given all these concerns, a fire weather watch has beenissued Sunday through Monday for most of northeast Wyoming andwestern South Dakota.The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a FireWeather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which isin effect from Sunday morning through Monday afternoon.* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 324 Eastern Foot Hills, 325Custer County Plains, 326 Pine Ridge Area, 328 Perkins County,329 West Central Plains, 330 Ziebach County, 331 Haakon CountyArea, 332 Badlands Area, 333 Bennett County Area, 334 Melletteand Todd Counties and 335 Tripp County.* WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent.* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relativehumidity would produce critical fire weather conditions.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditionsare forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possibleRed Flag Warnings.

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