Red Flag Warning in Effect From 12-8pm Today, Jeffco, ParkCo, Clear Creek

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
436 AM MDT TUE APR 7 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR STRONG WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS AND
PLAINS SOUTH OF I70...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND
PLAINS SOUTH OF I70...

COZ216-071845-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0006.150407T1800Z-150408T0200Z/
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
436 AM MDT TUE APR 7 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
216...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

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

* AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE
216...SOUTH OF I70.

* TIMING...HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO GO BELOW 15 PERCENT AROUND NOON
AND NOT RECOVER UNTIL AFTER 8 PM. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY
WINDS FROM THE SOUTH. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL MOST LIKELY EXIST
DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE AFTERNOON WHEN WINDS ARE LIKELY TO
BE AT THEIR STRONGEST.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...VERY WARM AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID
FIRE SPREAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.