# 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; North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin; Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains; Central and West Carbon; Southwest Carbon County; Sierra Madre Range/Medicine Bow NF; Upper North Platte River Basin; Snowy Range/Medicine Bow NF; North Snowy Range Foothills; 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 2026-08-08 15:41 ingested 2026-08-09 06:57

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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; North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin; Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains; Central and West Carbon; Southwest Carbon County; Sierra Madre Range/Medicine Bow NF; Upper North Platte River Basin; Snowy Range/Medicine Bow NF; North Snowy Range Foothills; 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 through 433.

* WIND...Saturday west to northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph. Overnight, lighter variable winds of
5 to 10 mph. Sunday west to northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph west of I-25, with winds turning
southerly to easterly east of I-25.

* HUMIDITY...Daytime minimum RH between 5 and 10 percent 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 and Goshen 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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