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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
421 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND HIGH HAINES INDEX
WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER HIGH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...

.A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
WILL MOVE TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...NORTHERN ROCKIES AND
INTO CANADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY
WILL PERSIST AND CONTINUE TO AFFECT FUEL MOISTURE. POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MIX TO THE
SURFACE AT TIMES. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE WIDESPREAD INTO
THURSDAY AND PERHAPS INTO THE WEEKEND FOR SOME ZONES.

COZ200-202-203-290>292-UTZ482>484-486-487-192230-
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130621T0400Z/
LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA-
GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-
NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-
TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-EASTERN UINTA BASIN-BOOK CLIFFS-
421 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THURSDAY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202...203...290...291...292...482...
483...484...486 AND 487...FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DRY
FUELS...AND HIGH HAINES INDEX...

* AFFECTED AREA...

  IN WESTERN COLORADO...

  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA BELOW
  9000 FEET...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA.

  IN NORTHEAST UTAH...

  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST BELOW
  6500 FEET...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN...
  AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 BOOK CLIFFS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY EARLY
  AFTERNOON TODAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED
  BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

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.

&&

$$

COZ207-293-192230-
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0022.130619T1800Z-130621T0400Z/
DURANGO FORECAST AREA-GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA-
421 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
MDT THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207 AND 293 FOR GUSTY WINDS...
LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...

* AFFECTED AREA...

  IN WESTERN COLORADO...

  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA BELOW 9000 FEET...AND
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA BELOW
  10500 FEET.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED
  BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

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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