Red Flag Warning Monday for Jeffco Below 6,000ft

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
347 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND EASTERN
PLAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON...

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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-
347 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239 AND 240...

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 7 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...THE DENVER METRO AREA. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239
AND 240.

* TIMING...NOON TO 7 PM MONDAY.

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

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

* IMPACTS...DUE TO DRY CONDITIONS AND INCREASING WINDS...PEOPLE
SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH ANYTHING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A SPARK AND FIRE. CARELESSNESS OR INATTENTION COULD RESULT IN
FIRES THAT SPREAD 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.

Per Platte Canyon Fire Protection District:

Due to Red Flag Warnings in the area Platte Canyon Fire Protection District will be under a BURN BAN Monday October 3rd.