# Red Flag Warning: Niobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains; Southwest Carbon County; Sierra Madre Range/Medicine Bow NF; Southern Laramie Valley; Southern Laramie Range; Laramie Foothills and High Plains; Laramie East High Plains; Bordeaux/Chugwater/Wheatland; Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-07 19:59 ingested 2026-08-08 06:55

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Red Flag Warning — Niobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains; Southwest Carbon County; Sierra Madre Range/Medicine Bow NF; Southern Laramie Valley; Southern Laramie Range; Laramie Foothills and High Plains; Laramie East High Plains; Bordeaux/Chugwater/Wheatland; Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 417, 418, 419, 423, 424, 428,
429, 430, 431, 432, and 433.

* WIND...During the daytime hours, west to northwest winds from
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Overnight, lighter
variable winds of 5 to 10 mph.

* HUMIDITY...Daytime minimum RH between 5 and 10 percent on
Friday and on Saturday, and between 8 and 12 percent on
Sunday. Overnight recoveries of 20 to 40 percent along and
west of Interstate 25 and 40 to 60 percent in Niobrara,
Goshen, and Eastern Laramie Counties.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Isolated high-based showers will have the
potential to produce gusty and erratic winds along with a few
strikes of lightning without much, if any, rainfall during the
afternoon and evening hours both Saturday and Sunday.

* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

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