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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
917 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NOON TO 9 PM
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND HAINES INDEX OF
6...FOR SOUTHWEST COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 8500
FEET...AND FOR WEST CENTRAL COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 BELOW
9500 FEET...

A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL PRODUCE A WARM AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST
COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND A HAINES INDEX OF 6 WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WITH A BREAK DURING THE
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
INDICATED FUELS WILL BE CRITICAL IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
COLORADO ZONES 291 AND 207 RESULTING IN A RED FLAG WARNING FOR
THESE AREAS.

THE WARM...DRY...AND GUSTY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS INTO MEMORIAL DAY.

COZ207-291-251530-
/O.EXP.KGJT.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130525T0300Z/
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0011.130525T1800Z-130526T0300Z/
DURANGO FORECAST AREA-NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-
917 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY HIGH HAINES...HAINES
INDEX OF 6 AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207 BELOW
8500 FEET AND 291 BELOW 9500 FEET...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY
HIGH HAINES...HAINES INDEX OF 6 AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 207 BELOW 8500 FEET AND 291 BELOW 9500 FEET...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO
  FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN
  FORECAST AREA.

* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* HAINES INDEX...6.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS
  WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
  RAPID FIRE GROWTH FOR FIRE STARTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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