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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
158 PM MDT Wed Oct 2 2019
...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER CONTINUES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH
VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY...
.Strong winds and humidities dropping below 10 percent will
produce very high fire danger over most of the central and
northern Colorado mountains through early evening.
The fire danger will remain elevated through much of this week
and through the weekend, with occasional bouts of gusty winds,
low humidity, and no meaningful precipitation. At this time it
looks like the most dangerous conditions will be on Friday when
even stronger winds are expected.
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Jackson County Below 9000 Feet-
South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/
Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above
9000 Feet-Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet-
Central and Southeast Park County-
158 PM MDT Wed Oct 2 2019
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH PARK, MIDDLE PARK,
SOUTH PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH
PARK, MIDDLE PARK, SOUTH PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTY...
The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Fire Weather
Watch FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, which is in effect from
Friday afternoon through Friday evening.
* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 211...212...213 and 214.
* Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 45 mph this afternoon,
then southwest 20 to 30 mph on Friday with gusts up to 55 mph.
* Timing...Conditions will ease around sunset this evening. Stronger
winds are expected to develop again Friday afternoon.
* Relative Humidity...Minimums of 5 to 10 percent this afternoon
and 10 to 15 percent on Friday.
* Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition,
growth, and spread of fires.
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.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet-
South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/
Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet-
158 PM MDT Wed Oct 2 2019
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...
The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Fire Weather
Watch FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, which is in effect from
Friday afternoon through Friday evening.
* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 217 and 218.
* Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.
* Timing...Friday afternoon and early evening.
* Relative Humidity...As low as 17 percent.
* Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition,
growth, and spread of fires.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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Gimmestad/Cooper