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Red Flag Warning for Jeffco Below 6000' Today 10am-7pm
12 Apr 2015 07:18 #1
by MountainTownAlerts
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
358 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015
...HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY...
.A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE
MILD AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL
DEVELOP FROM THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS OF COLORADO BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR
NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70...HUMIDITIES
WILL STILL BE VERY LOW BUT WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG.
COZ215-239-243-121800-
/O.EXB.KBOU.FW.W.0008.150412T1600Z-150413T0100Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
358 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH
BOULDER...NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND WELD COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...239 AND 243.
* TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH LOW
HUMIDITIES DEVELOPING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE AROUND SUNSET.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. WIND
PRONE AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL BE CAPABLE OF SPREADING
RAPIDLY.
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.
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
358 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015
...HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY...
.A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE
MILD AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL
DEVELOP FROM THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS OF COLORADO BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR
NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70...HUMIDITIES
WILL STILL BE VERY LOW BUT WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG.
COZ215-239-243-121800-
/O.EXB.KBOU.FW.W.0008.150412T1600Z-150413T0100Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
358 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH
BOULDER...NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND WELD COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...239 AND 243.
* TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH LOW
HUMIDITIES DEVELOPING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE AROUND SUNSET.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. WIND
PRONE AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL BE CAPABLE OF SPREADING
RAPIDLY.
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.
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