Monday, June 10, 2013

RED FLAG WARNING for Monday in #LaPlataCo for Hot-Dry-Windy conditions

Fire conditions are expected to last through the week!

WWUS85 KGJT 101625

RFWGJT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1025 AM MDT MON JUN 10 2013

..HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY FUELS AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO
ELEVATED FIRE CONCERNS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO
TODAY AND TUESDAY...

.SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND
WESTERN COLORADO THIS WEEK. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT
THROUGH NORTHEAST UTAH EARLY TUESDAY.

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHWEST
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON TUESDAY.
WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES... UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...AND DRY
FUELS WILL ALL COMBINE WITH THE INCREASING WINDS TO CREATE AREAS
OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TUESDAY.

HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR IN MANY AREAS TONIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED
WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT AT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE ABOUT 7000 FEET.

THESE CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE LATER INTO THE WEEK AS HOT...DRY
AND SOMETIMES WINDY CONDITIONS PERSIST.


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DURANGO FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-
1025 AM MDT MON JUN 10 2013

..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 290 AND ZONE 207 ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
550 BELOW 9000 FEET FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...
..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT
TUESDAY TUESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 290 AND 207 BELOW 9000 FEET
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA BELOW 9000 FEET AND
    ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 550...AND
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH TODAY AND
  GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE
  ANTICIPATED ABOVE 7000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 11 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  ...THEN RISING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 35 PERCENT TONIGHT BEFORE DROPPING
  TO 6 TO 11 PERCENT AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* HAINES INDEX...HIGH VALUES OF 6 MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED
  BURNS...AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS WILL BE POSSIBLE...OPEN BURNING
  IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)




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