Thursday, January 16, 2014

Elevated fire risk today

(From the National Weather Service)

ELEVATED TO LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RISK TODAY...
WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY BEHIND A PASSING
COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH AT TIMES
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI.
THESE WINDS AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED TO
LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RISK ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI GENERALLY WEST OF
MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13.
THE INCREASED WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID SPREAD IN ANY WILDFIRE PARTICULARLY WITHIN
DRY GRASSES AND LEAF LITTER.

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