Værmelding for Norton

Fire Weather Watch issued March 14 at 11:12AM MDT until March 15 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected over portions ofthe region on Saturday....Persistent northwesterly flow during the day, combined with lowhumidity will create critical fire weather conditions for areasalong/east of Highway 83 and along/south of Highway 40. Some rainis expected this afternoon and evening, but will not be enough toovercome the dry fuels in the Watch area.The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a FireWeather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is ineffect from Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening.* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 003 Decatur, 004 Norton,015 Sheridan, 016 Graham, 027 Wallace, 028 Logan, 029 Gove,041 Greeley, 042 Wichita and 081 Red Willow.* TIMING...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening.* WINDS...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent.* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.Outdoor burning is not recommended.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditionsare forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possiblered flag warnings.

National Weather Service