Hazy, warm this Wednesday with fire danger west

Dry and warm weather continues for another slew of days into the rest of the week. One of the main reasons we’re quiet here at home is because of Hurricane Francine in the Gulf. As of early Wednesday morning, Francine was a high-end category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds around 90 mph.

This system is using a lot of energy in the atmosphere and sweeping up a lot of moisture. That’s the reason we have to be thankful for less humidity with these warmer days.

We typically see a handful of days over 90 degrees in September, and we continue to add to that tally Wednesday.

Low humidity and gusty winds will lead to another day of fire danger in northern and western Nebraska. Gusty winds out of the south will be on the order of 30-35 mph.

So, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning to urge avoidance from sparking fires as they would spread quickly under these conditions. These conditions will be similar throughout Thursday afternoon and evening as well.

We’ll be looking into some signals for rain to come by the end of next week to put a wrench in this dry pattern.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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