Red Flag Warning for Central & Southeast Park County Until 6pm

Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1018 AM MDT SAT OCT 22 2016

...A STRONG LEE TROUGH IN EASTERN COLORADO IS KEEPING DRY
CONDITIONS AND AREAS OF GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS DECREASING RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
1018 AM MDT SAT OCT 22 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
AND NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...
213...214...AND 215...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...213...214 AND 215.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY
IMPROVE BY SUNSET.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON WOULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW OR EXISTING
WILDFIRES. OPEN BURNING IS PROHIBITED ON RED FLAG DAYS.

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.