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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.
