As St. Patrick's Day approaches, big changes are in the forecast. Temperatures and winds will be on the incline. On Monday, winds will gust around 35 mph, and on Tuesday winds could get up to 45 mph. Once again, blowing dust, power outages, and rough travel will be expected through Wednesday.

High winds are stirring up dust, putting parts of North Texas under a blowing dust advisory until 9 p.m. Friday. The weather service said as a result,

On Friday at 11:49 a.m. an updated high wind warning was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX in effect until 7 p.m. The warning is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Johnson, Montague,

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a Critical Risk of fire over parts of the Plains on Monday and Tuesday.

Experts recommend avoiding open flames or sparks, keeping vehicles off dry grass and properly discarding cigarettes.

A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until Monday night for the Topeka area and much of northeast, north-central and east-central Kansas.