Red Flag warning Through Sunday...

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Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
412 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...HOT...DRY...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT AND DRY AIR OVER COLORADO TODAY AND
SATURDAY. MEANWHILE A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING NORTH
OF COLORADO WILL INCREASE THE WINDS TODAY. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE
VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN AND NEAR THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS. IT WILL REMAIN WARM AND DRY TONIGHT WITH POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY IN MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS. SATURDAY WILL SEE NEAR RECORD
HEAT WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES... ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHTER.

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
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-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
412 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN
COLORADO MOUNTAINS...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...214...
215...216...217 AND 218.

* TIMING...THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY. IT WILL REMAIN WARM WITH POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS IN MOST AREAS TONIGHT... THEN NEAR
RECORD HEAT IS EXPECTED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AGAIN ON
SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE INCREASING WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE WARM AND
DRY CONDITIONS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON ALREADY
EXISTING FIRES AND MAKE ANY NEW IGNITIONS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
WITH POSSIBLE HIGH RATES OF SPREAD.

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.

Event: Red Flag Warning
Alert:
...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE...

...DRY LIGHTNING MAY START NEW FIRES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW
HUMIDITIES TO COLORADO TODAY. JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
BUILD UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BRING HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER...THOSE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS...BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL.

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW
HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...214...
215...216...217 AND 218.

* TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 14 PERCENT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HIGHEST COVERAGE IN MOUNTAINS. SOME
STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH MOST STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM STORMS PRODUCING
LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE
TO EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS.
Instructions: 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.
Target Area:
Central and Southeast Park County
Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet
Jackson County Below 9000 Feet
Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 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
West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet

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