Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
917 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NOON TO 9 PM
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND HAINES INDEX OF
6...FOR SOUTHWEST COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 8500
FEET...AND FOR WEST CENTRAL COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 BELOW
9500 FEET...
A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL PRODUCE A WARM AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST
COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND A HAINES INDEX OF 6 WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WITH A BREAK DURING THE
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
INDICATED FUELS WILL BE CRITICAL IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
COLORADO ZONES 291 AND 207 RESULTING IN A RED FLAG WARNING FOR
THESE AREAS.
THE WARM...DRY...AND GUSTY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS INTO MEMORIAL DAY.
COZ207-291-251530-
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DURANGO FORECAST AREA-NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-
917 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY HIGH HAINES...HAINES
INDEX OF 6 AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207 BELOW
8500 FEET AND 291 BELOW 9500 FEET...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY
HIGH HAINES...HAINES INDEX OF 6 AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 207 BELOW 8500 FEET AND 291 BELOW 9500 FEET...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO
FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN
FORECAST AREA.
* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.
* HAINES INDEX...6.
* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
RAPID FIRE GROWTH FOR FIRE STARTS.
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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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
813 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY
FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR FIRE
ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS FREMONT...TELLER AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES...
COZ221-222-225-227-251815-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0015.130525T1700Z-130526T0200Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
813 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 222...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD START...GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.
OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD
ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED.
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.
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