Lexington Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

49°F
4/12/2026 5:04pm 
  • Lexington Conditions: Few Clouds
  • Temperature: 48.7°F / 9.3°CColder 3.6°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 25.5°F 
  • Relative Humidity: 40%Increased 5.0% since last hour.
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: 2 mph
  • Barometer: 30.34 in Steady
  • Visibility: 10 miles
  • Rain Today: 0.00 in
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Fire Weather Watch

Issued by the National Weather Service - North Platte, NE

    FIRE WEATHER WATCH  

Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, NE; Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, NE; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest, NE

Fire Weather Watch issued April 12 at 2:18PM CDT until April 13 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

Areas Affected: Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR; Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest

Urgency: Future

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Possible

Alert Sent: Sunday 2:18pm CDT

Alert Effective: Sunday 2:18pm CDT

Alert Expires: Monday 12:30am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Monday 12:00pm CDT

Event Ends: Monday 10:00pm CDT

Issued by: NWS North Platte NE

Details: 
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS, ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES, AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern
Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206
Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest and Fire
Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R
McKelvie National Forest.

* TIMING...Today, through 8 PM CDT / 7 PM MDT. Monday, Noon CDT /
11 AM MDT through 10 PM CDT / 9 PM MDT.

* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph each day.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Falling into the low teens each day.

* TEMPERATURES...Upper 70s west to lower 80s east each day.

* LIGHTNING...None expected

* IMPACTS...Any fire starts could spread rapidly and be
difficult to control.

Information: 
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e08177142aa3494f28b61a13ef7b80f558d5ddb6.001.2
Codes: NEZ204, NEZ206, NEZ208
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e08177142aa3494f28b61a13ef7b80f558d5ddb6.001.2