Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
517 AM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-
UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
517 AM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY ACROSS
THE LOWER VALLEYS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO. A
COMBINATION OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN ADDITION TO DRY FUELS...WILL INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. AS A RESULT A RED FLAG
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION
OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
MAY OCCUR WITH THE STORMS OVER THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WILL ALSO
DROP TO NEAR 8500 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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