Outdoor burning is either banned or highly discouraged across the KVOE listening area Sunday.
Increasing humidity levels will likely be offset by ongoing dry vegetation, warmer-than-normal high temperatures in the 80s and wind gusts up to 50 mph, setting the table for rapid fire growth and unpredictable fire behavior.
A fire weather watch has been issued for Chase County from 11 am to 8 pm Sunday. Fire weather watches frequently get upgraded to red flag warnings, which means automatic burn bans for affected counties while they are in effect. Chase County is already in a county-announced burn ban until further notice.
Wind advisories also affect the area Sunday. Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties are in an advisory from 12-7 pm Sunday. Chase and Greenwood counties are in a separate advisory from 10 am Sunday to 1 am Monday.
Fire activity Saturday was minimal, with small fires reported in Chase and Morris counties. No injuries or structure damage was reported with either incident.
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