Red Flag Warning Park County, Summit County for Saturday July 16

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
300 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY RESULT IN EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR.
RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND FIRE SPREAD MAY OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY.

COZ212-214-218-160500-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0017.160716T1800Z-160717T0300Z/
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
300 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 212...214 AND 218.

* TIMING...FROM 1200 MDT TO 2100 MDT ON SATURDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD
CAUSE ANY EXISTING OR NEW WILDFIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE MAY ALSO RESULT
IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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.