FNUS73 KGLD 261756
FWSGLD

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR LOGAN COUNTY FIRE...GOODLAND WFO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1156 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1130 MDT ON JUNE 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

A SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO HAS BROUGHT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
TO SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY. VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
RECOVERING ABOVE 15 PERCENT LATER THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING TO AROUND
10 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM CDT. THIS
PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR
ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
LOGAN COUNTY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 110.
MIN HUMIDITY........6 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 18 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 18 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MAX HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 107.
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DR
REQUESTED BY...LOGAN COUNTY KANSAS EM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120626.LOGAN.01/GLD