Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
516 AM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016
...EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH
MONDAY...
.A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR
TODAY AND MONDAY. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE PLAINS
MONDAY.
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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
516 AM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016
...
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
SOUTH PARK...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND PALMER
DIVIDE AREA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
SOUTH PARK...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND PALMER
DIVIDE AREA...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...215...216...238...
239...241...246 AND 247.
* TIMING...11 AM MDT THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AND
THEN AGAIN FROM 11 AM MDT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING.
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH ANYTHING CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A SPARK AND FIRE. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
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.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
High Wind Watch
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
953 PM MDT SAT OCT 15 2016
...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...
.A POWERFUL PACIFIC JET STREAM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SUNDAY EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
FROM THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL PARK...BERTHOUD PASS...AND INTO SUMMIT COUNTY.
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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...
BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
953 PM MDT SAT OCT 15 2016
...
HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE
MONDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...WEST 25-45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85 MPH POSSIBLE
ABOVE TIMBERLINE.
* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL
CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.