Fire Weather Watch for Jeffco Thursday

Per ICFPD ‏@ICFPD 37 minutes ago
NWS issued Fire Weather Watch for Jefferson County including @ICFPD for Thursday due to Very Strong Winds and Dry Fuels

High winds + low humidity = increased wildfire risk Thursday @ICFPD prepare equipment & trucks Have you prepared your home & family?


Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
553 AM MST WED FEB 17 2016

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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-
553 AM MST WED FEB 17 2016

...HIGH WIND WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER COLORADO TODAY. THERE WILL STILL BE
SOME WIND IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH WARM SOUTHERLY BREEZES
DEVELOPING ON THE PLAINS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS
TO 25 MPH ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE ABOVE
TIMBERLINE AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE PLAINS WITH UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE.

MEANWHILE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
6 INCHES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER PASSES.

ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS THERE COULD BE A ROUND OF STRONG
WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 75
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55
MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE WYOMING...NEBRASKA
BORDER AREA.

FOR FRIDAY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IT WILL BE DRY WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES HOWEVER READINGS WILL STILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

Per Platte Canyon Fire Protection District:
Platte Canyon Fire Protection District is under a Burn Ban effective from 10:00am 2/17/2016 until 2/19/2016 at 19:00pm. Due to fire weather watch see link below.