Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
420 AM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

.INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH RECORD OR
NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BRING A RETURN OF CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE...AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS WILL BE
INCREASING TO AROUND 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS. IN ADDITION...FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL ALLOW NEW
FIRE STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES.

THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST IN/NEAR THE FRONT
RANGE FOOTHILLS... PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING AND POOR
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY.

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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-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
420 AM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT SATURDAY THROUGH
8 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY
FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...215...216...238...239...240...
241...242...243...244...245...246...247...248 AND 249...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT SATURDAY UNTIL 8 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY
OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...
ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...
BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE
BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BY OR SHORTLY AFTER THE NOON HOUR SATURDAY AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WHILE SOME IMPROVEMENT IS
EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY EVENING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ESPECIALLY
IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND PALMER DIVIDE.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE
GROWTH.

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
334 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

.INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BRING A RETURN OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS SATURDAY. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 7 TO
15 PERCENT RANGE...WITH SURFACE WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL ALLOW NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID
GROWTH OF WILDFIRES.

THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST IN/NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING AND POOR
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY.

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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-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...
NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...
PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...
GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...
BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...
MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...
MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
334 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...214...215...216...238...239...240...241...242...243
...244...245...246...247...248...249

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY
SATURDAY EVENING. WHILE SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER
SATURDAY EVENING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND PALMER DIVIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN THE
FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE
GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&*

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
321 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...

.INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BRING A RETURN OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 7 TO 12
PERCENT RANGE BY AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE WINDS GUSTS INCREASING
TO AROUND 35 MPH. FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL ALLOW NEW FIRE
STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES.

NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING AND POOR
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE
DAY.

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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-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
321 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY
FUELS...

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND
NOON TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WHILE
SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING...NEAR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND PALMER
DIVIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...7 TO 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID
WILDFIRE 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
755 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STRONGER WINDS WILL REDEVELOP
OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY
WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING
SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM LOCAL
TIME THIS EVENING.

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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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
755 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY
WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT SUNDAY.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS
EVENING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL
NOON ON SUNDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP
TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN
THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY
FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND
RAPID WILDFIRE 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
456 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE THIS MORNING...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY WILL KEEP CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE THIS
MORNING. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA AND EASTWARD THROUGH
LINCOLN COUNTY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK TO PUSH
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA AROUND NOON TODAY...AND JUST AFTER THAT
IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND PARK COUNTIES. THIS WILL BRING MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER HUMIDITIES...AND PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW.

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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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
456 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE
FRONT RANGE AS HUMIDITIES AND SHOWER COVERAGE INCREASES LATER
THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE CLOSER TO THE NOON
HOUR...SO SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
STILL EXPECTED THERE.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH
OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE. WINDS WILL THEN
TURN MORE NORTHERLY AND DECREASE SOMEWHAT BEHIND A COLD FRONT
MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT...EXCEPT 30 TO 50 PERCENT IN THE
NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY
FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND
RAPID WILDFIRE 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.