Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
547 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF NORTHERN
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS THROUGH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE
MUCH WARMER THAN YESTERDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALSO MUCH
LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. THESE THREE ELEMENTS WILL COMBINE TO FURTHER DRY
OUT GRASSES AND SHRUBS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE ADJACENT
PLAINS. WILDLAND FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN WINDIER AREAS. THE FIRE
DANGER WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED ON THE PLAINS...BUT WINDS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ215-238-239-060000-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
547 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 215...238 AND 239...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER
LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...
LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT.

* TIMING...FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND
REMAIN HIGH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12-17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. THE MAIN
AREA OF CONCERN IS ACROSS SOUTHERN LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES
WHERE THERE WAS LESS SNOW THIS PAST SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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DANKERS

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
547 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF NORTHERN
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS THROUGH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE
MUCH WARMER THAN YESTERDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALSO MUCH
LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. THESE THREE ELEMENTS WILL COMBINE TO FURTHER DRY
OUT GRASSES AND SHRUBS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE ADJACENT
PLAINS. WILDLAND FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN WINDIER AREAS. THE FIRE
DANGER WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED ON THE PLAINS...BUT WINDS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ214-216-060000-
/O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
547 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
214 AND 216...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND
REMAIN HIGH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12-17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.