Above: warning about critical fire weather predicted for Thursday February 18, 2016. NOAA.

The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center is predicting “extremely critical” fire weather conditions for areas in the south-central United States on Thursday, including the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, northeast New Mexico, southeast Colorado, and southwest Kansas.

Their forecast calls for relative humidities between 4 and 13 percent with 30 to 35 mph winds gusting up to 50 mph.

The map below shows the Fire Weather Watches and Red Flag Warnings in effect today, February 17.

The Red Flag map was current at 11:15 a.m. MDT on Wednesday. Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps. For the most current data visit this NWS site.