Weather Alert in Nebraska
Fire Weather Watch issued March 19 at 7:59PM CDT until March 22 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
AREAS AFFECTED: Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR
DESCRIPTION: * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR. * TIMING...Red Flag Warning in effect until 7 PM MDT this evening. Fire Weather Watch in effect Saturday morning through late Saturday night. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, increasing up to 45 mph out of the northwest Saturday evening behind a passing front. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 93. * LIGHTNING...None expected either day. * IMPACTS...Any fire starts will have a high potential to spread rapidly and will be difficult to control. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A sharp frontal boundary will arrive from the north late in the day Saturday, producing an abrupt wind shift and gusts up to 45 mph during the evening and overnight hours.
INSTRUCTION: A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?
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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud,
and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.
Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can
result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or
rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud
takes shape.
Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally
form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.
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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?
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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds
Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes
(between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes
water vapor
to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are
featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.
In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved
appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds
are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.
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