Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
546 AM MDT THU MAY 16 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-
546 AM MDT THU MAY 16 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL DRIFT OVER THE VALLEYS BY THIS EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

BREEZY WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY ON FRIDAY.

AFTER A DRY DAY ON FRIDAY...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.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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