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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
214 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY
WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND HAINES INDEX OF 6...FOR
SOUTHWEST COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 291 BELOW 9500 FEET AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 8500 FEET...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY
WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND HAINES INDEX OF 6...FOR
WEST CENTRAL COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 290 AND 292 BELOW 9500
FEET...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED 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 TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL PRODUCE A WARM AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND A HAINES INDEX OF 6 WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. CRITICAL FUELS IN ZONES 291 AND 207
PRODUCE RED FLAG WARNINGS THERE. GUSTY AND DRY WEATHER MAY DEVELOP
AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY
AGAIN BE MET.

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

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DURANGO FORECAST AREA-NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-
214 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY
WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
207 AND 291...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207 AND 291...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207 AND 291...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO
  FORECAST AREA BELOW 8500 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN
  SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA BELOW 9500 FEET. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS
  NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY 9PM WITH A WATCH IN EFFECT FOR
  SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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 IF ANY FIRES IGNITE.

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

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COZ290-292-240300-
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PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-
214 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 290 AND 292...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX
  VALLEY FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK
  FORECAST AREA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 11 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 IF ANY FIRES IGNITE.

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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