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Fire Weather Watch Thursday

High Wind Watch Thursday

The combination of warm temperatures, dry conditions, and very strong west winds will lead to critical fire weather conditions across all of western and north central Nebraska Thursday. Fires will have a high probability to spread rapidly and be difficult to control Thursday afternoon.

Strong west winds develop Thursday morning and persist into Thursday evening. Wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour are expected for areas along and north of Interstate 80 and west of Highway 83 Thursday. This could provide for difficult travel, especially on north to south routes.