Fire Weather Watch 9/15/10

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
220 AM MDT TUE SEP 14 2010

...INCREASING WINDS EXPECTED TO IMPACT FIRE CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY...

.WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN COLORADO THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AS A WARM UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE STATE.
ON WEDNESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH
THE RIDGE BRINGING AN INCREASE IN SURFACE WINDS IN THE COLORADO
HIGH COUNTRY AND FOOTHILLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE GUSTY WINDS
WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY
VEGETATION TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS.

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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
220 AM MDT TUE SEP 14 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 215...216...238 AND 239...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT
COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE
GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...
GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AS EARLY AS 6 AM. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CAUSE HUMIDITY VALUES TO
DROP TO BELOW 15 PERCENT AS EARLY AS 10 AM.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING.
WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 10 TO 15
PERCENT BY 10 AM AND REMAIN LOW THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE
GROWTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
416 AM MDT WED SEP 15 2010

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LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
416 AM MDT WED SEP 15 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 215 AND 238...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER
LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...
LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING WITH HUMIDITIES
DROPPING THIS AFTERNOON.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE
WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE LARIMER COUNTY FOOTHILLS AND ON
THE PLAINS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14.

* HUMIDITY...12-18%.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH
DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. FIRES WILL
IGNITE EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

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.

The Fire Weather Watch has been cancelled.