RED FLAG WARNING for #LaPlataCo returns Thursday for dry-hot-windy conditions #cofire #cowx

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RFWGJT

 

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

420 PM MDT WED APR 9 2014

 

..RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 7500 FEET...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE

290 BELOW 9000 FEET...

 

..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 7500 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 BELOW

9000 FEET...

 

 

.GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A DISTURBANCE PASSES ALONG THE U.S./CANADA BORDER. GUST WINDS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST COLORADO. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO WHERE FUELS ARE DRY.

 

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DURANGO FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-

420 PM MDT WED APR 9 2014

 

..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 7500 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 BELOW

9000 FEET...

..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 7500 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 BELOW

9000 FEET...

 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO

  FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY

  FORECAST AREA.

 

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 TO 12 PERCENT.

 

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE

  SPREAD AND AN INCREASED CHANCE OF ESCAPE. AGRICULTURAL AND

  OTHER BURNS SHOULD BE POSTPONED.

 

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)

 

www.weather.gov/