Red Flag Warning Jeffco, Park County, Clear Creek County

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
148 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016

...FIRE DANGER INCREASES TODAY...

.STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH RECORD WARMTH AND A
VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PORTIONS OF
COLORADO TODAY. THE HIGHEST FIRE DANGER WILL DEVELOP WHERE WINDS
WILL BE STRONGEST AND HUMIDITIES LOWEST...FROM THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA, PARK COUNTY,
AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

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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-
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-
148 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRONT
RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AREA...AND SOUTH AND MIDDLE PARKS...

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 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214...215...216...
241...246 AND 247.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AROUND DARK.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
AS OF LATE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE
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.