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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
944 PM 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 WILL SLOWLY TRACK ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST...NORTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO CANADA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. A SHALLOW AND DRY COLD FRONT PUSHED ACROSS NORTHEAST
UTAH INTO NORTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT BUT SHOULD MIX OUT ON THURSDAY
UNDER STRONG SUNSHINE AS GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS REDEVELOP. 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 THROUGH THURSDAY AND PERHAPS INTO
THE WEEKEND FOR SOME ZONES.

COZ200-202-203-290>293-UTZ484-486-487-201600-
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130621T0400Z/
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.A.0014.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/
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-
GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-EASTERN UINTA BASIN-
BOOK CLIFFS-
944 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THURSDAY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202...203 BELOW 9000 FEET...290...
291...292...293...484 BELOW 7000 FEET...486 BELOW 7000 FEET AND
487 BELOW 7000 FEET FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDEX...AND DRY FUELS...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202... 203
BELOW 9000 FEET...290...291...292...293...484 BELOW 7000
FEET...486 BELOW 7000 FEET AND 487 BELOW 7000 FEET FOR GUSTY
WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDEX...AND DRY FUELS...

* 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...AND
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA.

  IN NORTHEAST UTAH...

  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN...AND
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 BOOK CLIFFS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING
          THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. WILL DECREASE DURING
          THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH LIMITED
                      RECOVERY AT NIGHT.

* HAINES INDEX...6 HIGH.

* 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.

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

&&

$$

COZ207-UTZ482-483-201600-
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130621T0400Z/
DURANGO FORECAST AREA-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-
SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-
944 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THURSDAY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207 BELOW 9000 FEET...482 BELOW 7000 FEET
AND 483 BELOW 6500 FEET FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH
HAINES INDEX...AND DRY FUELS...

* AFFECTED AREA...

  IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA BELOW 9000 FEET.

  IN NORTHEAST UTAH...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN BELOW 7000 FEET...AND
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST BELOW 6500 FEET.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST
          WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL REDEVELOP
          DURING HE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* HAINES INDEX...6 HIGH.

* 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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