Red Flag Warning Day

The National Weather Service  has posted a Red Flag Warning Day.  This means very high winds with wildfire warnings.  We have had a lot of these days lately, and a lot of wildfires in West Texas.   The wind warnings started about noon today.  When I got up this morning, we actually were having some drizzle, but the weather forecasters said a lot of it was virga because the humidity was so low. 

I went out into my backyard early this afternoon.  The temperature was mild, the wind was not blowing and I considered sitting outside for a while, but I could see the haze in the south, and about 20 minutes later, when I checked again, the wind was roaring.  And has continued to do so into the early evening.  The red flag warning has been extended until tomorrow morning. This is unusual, since most of the time, once the sun sets, the winds lay.  Not today.