Red Flag Warning July 11: Jeffco, ParkCo, Clear Creek County, Summit County

Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
358 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT DUE TO GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN
FRONT RANGE TODAY...

.A DRY COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY. A MODERATELY STRONG
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP BRING GUSTY WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH. EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE COOLER TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL BE LOW AGAIN. THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL MAKE DANGEROUS TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE
AGAIN TODAY.

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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-
358 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...

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 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY
OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

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.