Red Flag Warning issued March 10 at 10:34AM CDT until March 10 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…

.Today continues to look very concerning from a fire weather
perspective. Strong westerly winds will increase up to 40 mph
with gusts as high as 60 mph as a cold front moves across the
state from north to south from late morning through late this
afternoon. A wind shift from west to northwest is expected with
the frontal passage. Before the front arrives, relative humidity
is forecast to fall into the 15 to 30 percent range, lowest along
the South Dakota border. Humidity will recover rather quickly
behind the wind shift, but the overlap of lower humidity with the
very strong winds is expected to last for several hours across the
southern half of the state. Aside from cooler ground and near-
surface soil temperatures, fuels have been reported as readily
burnable. Any fires that ignite this afternoon will spread
rapidly and could quickly become very difficult to control.

* WINDS…West up to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph, shifting
northwest.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 18 percent.

* AFFECTED AREA…Southwest and south central North Dakota

* IMPACTS…Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and
quickly become difficult to control or suppress.