Red Flag and Fire Weather Watch Warnings have been issued for areas in California, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Nevada.
The Fire Weather Watch (yellow on the map) in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska, is for Wednesday, for southwest winds at 15 to 25 mph gusting to 35, with relative humidities below 15 percent. The temperature will be in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
The map was current as of 9:30 a.m. MDT on Tuesday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data visit this NWS site.
UPDATE at 3:14 p.m. MDT, October 14, 2014:
Tuesday afternoon the NWS office in Rapid City distributed this graphic about near record heat predicted in the Black Hills on Wednesday.
