Fire Weather Watch

Fire Weather Watch

...FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS WEEKEND...

.SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO SATURDAY...WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY. AT
THE SAME TIME...HUMIDITIES WILL BE DROPPING TO 10 PERCENT OR LESS.
THE COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY DRY CURED GRASSES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR
SUNDAY WHEN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
PLAINS.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR ALL OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS OF COLORADO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239...240...241...
242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249...250 AND 251.

* TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ON SATURDAY.
ON SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND
60 MPH...STRONGEST EAST OF I-25.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT SATURDAY...AND AROUND 10
PERCENT SUNDAY. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVER SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

* IMPACTS...ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT RAPID WILDFIRE
GROWTH DUE TO THE EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

Instructions: 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.
Target Area:
Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet, West Broomfield County
Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties
Central and South Weld County
Elbert, Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet
Larimer County Below 6000 Feet, Northwest Weld County
Logan County
Morgan County
North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet, Denver, West Adams and Arapahoe Counties, East Broomfield County
North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet, North Lincoln County
Northeast Weld County
Phillips County
Sedgwick County
Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet, South Lincoln County
Washington County

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
530 AM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
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-
530 AM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALL OF THE PLAINS LATE SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY AS RIDGING ALOFT AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
CONTINUES. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY HIT OR SURPASS RECORDS
OVER THE PLAINS. A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WILL BE
DEEPENING TODAY TO INCREASE SOUTHERLY WINDS. CONDITIONS WILL
APPROACH...BUT LIKELY STAY BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS WEEKEND WITH RECORD
OR NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY WHEN
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
PLAINS...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS EAST OF I-25.

AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE MOUNTAINS STARTING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND TO THE PLAINS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. AT THIS
TIME...ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS
AND EVEN THERE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE.