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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
256 PM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.STRONG HEATING AND INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL LEAD TO A HIGHLY
MIXED ATMOSPHERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MIXING SHOULD BRING DRY
AIR AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE SURFACE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE 80S ACROSS THE
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY BELOW 8000 FEET MAY ALLOW HUMIDITY LEVELS
TO DROP INTO THE THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IF THE MIXING IS DEEP ENOUGH TO TAP
INTO THE HIGHER WINDS ALOFT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH.

COZ203-151200-
/O.NEW.KGJT.FW.A.0002.130516T1900Z-130517T0300Z/
GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-
256 PM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 BELOW 8000 FEET...

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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...

  IN COLORADO...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 35
  MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS MAY
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE
  POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES AGRICULTURAL
  BURNS THAT MAY ESCAPE CONTROL EFFORTS. OUTDOOR BURNING
  ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE POSTPONED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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