URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
228 PM MDT WED APR 6 2011
...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER
ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND EASTERN COLORADO
PLAINS FRIDAY...
COZ214-216-239>241-245>247-249-070830-
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
228 PM MDT WED APR 6 2011
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...
ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...
BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...
HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...
KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMDITIES WILL
FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH.
* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15
PERCENT RANGE.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
247 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011
...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ON THE
SURFACE. THIS WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER ALONG THE SOUTHERN
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY TO INCLUDE THE
NORTHEASTERN PLAINS...
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
247 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...
ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS... KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...
BENNETT... BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
246...AGATE... HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
247...FORDER... KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 249... AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL AROUND NOON TIME ON FRIDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING.
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR
AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
FRIDAY. SATURDAY COULD SEE SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS.
* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15
PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY
DRIER.
* 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.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
657 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
657 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 242...243...244...248...250 AND 251...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST
PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON...
GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT
MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...
MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...
JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE.
* TIMING...BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH.
* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15
PERCENT RANGE.
* 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.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy