Red Flag Warning 9/9 - 9/10

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
257 PM MDT WED SEP 8 2010

...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...

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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-
257 PM MDT WED SEP 8 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MDT
FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
215 AND 216...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MDT
FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER
LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY EVENING AND BECOME STRONG
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING.
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT
AND THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 35
PERCENT RANGE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT
RANGE FRIDAY

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
449 AM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY FOR THE FOOTHILLS...

COZ215-216-092300-
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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-
449 AM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 215 AND 216...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER
LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME STRONG BY
MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING.
WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 60 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND LARIMER
COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 35
PERCENT RANGE THIS EVENING AND FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE
ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
941 AM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS STARTING THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY...

.INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL BRING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS STARTING
AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING AND WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES FROM
THIS AFTERNOON ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE
HIGHEST FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN AGAIN FROM MID MORNING FRIDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWEST.
HOWEVER...IN THE FOOTHILLS...THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MORE PERSISTENT THROUGH THE NIGHT.

COZ215-216-100345-
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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-
941 AM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 215 AND 216...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM MDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...FOUR MILE CANYON FIRE...
ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL
CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY 3 PM
THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF STRONGER SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HIGHER RIDGES WHERE GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF
BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY
DECREASE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 15
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT...AND THEN HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT
AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH. BOTH NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF EXISTING
FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
402 PM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY...

.WESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
NORTH OF COLORADO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT
RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DROPPING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THIS
HAS PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE
URBAN CORRIDOR. THE HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS
WINDS DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES MODERATE.

THE HIGHEST FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS
EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN FROM MID MORNING FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IN THE FOOTHILLS...THE GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MORE PERSISTENT ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES
THROUGH TONIGHT...KEEPING THE FIRE DANGER HIGH.

COZ215-216-101015-
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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-
402 PM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215 AND 216...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER
LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WIND...WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH
THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WHILE WINDS MAY DECREASE
SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER
HIGHER EXPOSED RIDGES. STRONGER WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER TO NEAR 15
PERCENT BY EARLY EVENING. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT...AND THEN HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT
AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH. BOTH NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF
EXISTING FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
402 PM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY...

.WESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
NORTH OF COLORADO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT
RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DROPPING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THIS
HAS PROMPTED THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE
URBAN CORRIDOR. THE HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS
WINDS DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES MODERATE.

THE HIGHEST FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS
EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN FROM MID MORNING FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IN THE FOOTHILLS...THE GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MORE PERSISTENT ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES
THROUGH TONIGHT...KEEPING THE FIRE DANGER HIGH.

COZ238>240-101015-
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
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-
402 PM MDT THU SEP 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239 AND
240...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT
FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
238...239 AND 240...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY
OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. AFTER 9 PM...THE FIRE DANGER WILL MODERATE
OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH
LOWER HUMIDITIES.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE
AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. THE
STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 18
PERCENT THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FOR FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
420 AM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS...

.WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THIS
FEATURE LATER TODAY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE
COLORADO...WYOMING...NEBRASKA BORDER AREA WITH LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES.


COZ215-216-102230-
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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-
420 AM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215 AND
216...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER
LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE
RIDGETOPS. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 10 TO 15
PERCENT BY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH. BOTH NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF
EXISTING FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
420 AM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS...

.WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THIS
FEATURE LATER TODAY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE
COLORADO...WYOMING...NEBRASKA BORDER AREA WITH LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES.


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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
420 AM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 238...239...242...248...250 AND 251...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE
GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDER. THE WINDS
WILL DECREASE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 15
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
305 PM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...

.DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH HAD DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND ALSO OVER THE PLAINS FROM
BOULDER AND FORT COLLINS NORTHEAST TO THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA
BORDER. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS HAD DROPPED TO NEAR 15
PERCENT.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 6 PM AS WINDS DECREASE
AND TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL.

COZ238-239-242-248-250-251-110000-
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
305 PM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...
239...242...248...250 AND 251...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE
GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE AFTER 6
PM.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40
MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 12 AND
15 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

BARJENBRUCH

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
305 PM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...

.DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH HAD DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND ALSO OVER THE PLAINS FROM
BOULDER AND FORT COLLINS NORTHEAST TO THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA
BORDER. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS HAD DROPPED TO NEAR 15
PERCENT.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 6 PM AS WINDS DECREASE
AND TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL.

COZ215-216-110000-
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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-
305 PM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215 AND
216...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...FOURMILE CANYON FIRE...
ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL
CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN
RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS
EVENING...WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING AFTER 6 PM.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH
CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND RIDGETOPS. WINDS
WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER 6 PM.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 10 TO 15
PERCENT AS THE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH. BOTH NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF
EXISTING FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.