RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME RATHER GUSTY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. COMBINED WITH LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS FROM THE WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES RISING TO THE MID 50S NORTH TO AROUND 60 CENTRAL. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD START VERY EASILY AND SPREAD AT A FAST RATE. BURNING RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE WISCONSIN DNR WEBSITE AT HTTP://DNR.WI.GOV/TOPIC/FORESTFIRE/RESTRICTIONS.ASP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS
