AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH, IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7-P.M., SUNDAY, FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH is in effect from Noon until 8-p.m. Sunday for FREMONT, MILLS, MONTGOMERY, PAGE, POTTAWATTAMIE & SHELBY COUNTIES.

* WIND…SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…20 TO 25 PERCENT…AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * FUEL…90 TO 100 PERCENT CURED.

* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.