Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO

Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
340 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH
237...WHICH IS ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...FROM
NOON FRIDAY THROUGH 9 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR HAINES INDICES OF
5 OR 6...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER....LONG TERM
DROUGHT CONDITIONS...CRITICAL FUELS...AND DRY LIGHTNING
POTENTIAL...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH
237...WHICH IS ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...FROM
9 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 9 PM SATURDAY FOR HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR
6...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER... STRONG WIND
GUSTS...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL FUELS...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
220 THROUGH 237...WHICH IS ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...FROM 9 AM SUNDAY THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY FOR HAINES
INDICES OF 5 OR 6...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...
STRONG WIND GUSTS...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL
FUELS...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR SUNDAY. HOT WEATHER AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE FOR
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY
LIGHTNING. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER.
CRITICAL FUELS AND LONG TERM DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
HAZARD. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION SHOULD RALLY RESOURCES
IN PREPARATION FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.

COZ220>237-270300-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-
FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS-
SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
BACA COUNTY-
340 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BE BELOW
15 PERCENT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE HAINES INDICES AT A 5
OR 6 EACH DAY. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... WITH THE LONG TERM DRY CONDITIONS...THE
FUELS REMAIN CRITICAL. FIRE DANGER REMAINS EXTREMELY HIGH. ANY
FIRES THAT START ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY WILL MOVE QUICKLY WITH
ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
858 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HAS EXPIRED...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220
THROUGH 237...WHICH IS ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...FROM 9 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 9 PM SATURDAY FOR HAINES
INDICES OF 5 OR 6...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...
STRONG WIND GUSTS...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL
FUELS...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
220 THROUGH 237...WHICH IS ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...FROM 9 AM SUNDAY THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY FOR HAINES
INDICES OF 5 OR 6...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...
STRONG WIND GUSTS...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL
FUELS...

.THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED AT 9 PM.

THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SATURDAY REMAINS IN EFFECT. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY.

HOT WEATHER AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE FOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER. CRITICAL FUELS AND
LONG TERM DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARD. PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN FIRE SUPPRESSION SHOULD RALLY RESOURCES IN PREPARATION
FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.

COZ220>237-271900-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-
FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS-
SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
BACA COUNTY-
858 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BE BELOW 15
PERCENT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE HAINES INDICES AT A 5 OR 6
EACH DAY. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
IN ADDITION... WITH THE LONG TERM DRY CONDITIONS...THE FUELS
REMAIN CRITICAL. FIRE DANGER REMAINS EXTREMELY HIGH. ANY FIRES
THAT START ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY WILL MOVE QUICKLY WITH ERRATIC
FIRE BEHAVIOR. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

HODANISH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
323 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

.SHORT TERM...
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

...FIRE WEATHER REMAINS MAIN CONCERN...
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TODAY...

SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS MORNING WILL PUSH
THROUGH CO THIS AFTERNOON...SPARKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. DRY LOW
LEVELS AND INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY
LIGHTNING WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...PARTICULARLY THE RAMPARTS
AND PALMR DVD. ACTIVITY SHOULD QUIET DOWN LATER TONIGHT AS FORCING
AND MOISTURE MOVE EAST.

AFTER COORDINATING WITH NEIGHBORING WFOS...HAVE GONE AHEAD AND
CONVERTED OUR FIRE WX WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE SOME OF THE CRITERIA MAY BE A LITTLE
TOUGH TO MEET...ENOUGH INGREDIENTS ARE IN PLACE TO PROMPT THE
WARNING. WEAKEST LINK WILL BE THE WINDS. SURFACE GRADIENT WILL NOT
BE PARTICULARLY STRONG...BUT UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND APPROACHING
SHORT WAVE SHOULD HELP PROMOTE SOME GUSTY CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVE. OTHER POTENTIAL PROBLEM WILL
BE THE RH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. DEWPOINTS THERE ARE CURRENTLY
IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S...AND MOISTURE HAS BEEN BOOSTED BY
OUTFLOW TO THE REAR OF AN MCC THAT DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL KS EARLY
THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...HOT CONDITIONS WILL TEND TO OFFSET THE
MARGINAL DEWPOINTS. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS. DRY FUELS...HAINES INDICES OF
5-6...AND POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING...WILL ALL COMBINE TO CREATE
THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN
WILL BE THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE AND SOUTHWESTERN PLAINS ALONG WITH
THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WHICH IS WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY LTG AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE HIGHEST.

OTHER WEATHER OF NOTE WILL BE THE INCREASING HEAT OVER SE CO.
H7 TEMPS OF 17 DEG WILL SUPPORT TEMPS IN THE MID 90S FOR THE
E PLAINS...WHILE SWRLY FLOW WILL PROMOTE MORE SNOWMELT IN
THE MTS. RECORD HIGHS FOR PUB...COS...AND ALS ARE 96...86...
AND 84 RESPECTIVELY. ALL THREE COULD POTENTIALLY BE BROKEN TODAY.
MET GUIDANCE FROM 06Z IS 99 FOR PUB TODAY. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY
OF CLOUDS/CONVECTION BY PEAK HEATING AND SOME MODEL INCONSISTENCIES
IN SFCE WINDS...BUT WITH MOS AS HIGH AS IT IS EVEN A CONSERVATIVE
FORECAST LEAVES US WITH RECORD OR NEAR-RECORD TEMPS. SO...HOT IT
WILL BE. ROSE

.LONG TERM...
(SAT THROUGH THU)

...SEVERE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY SAT AFTN/EVE AND
POSSIBLY AGAIN SUN AFTN/EVE...
...RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SAT AND SUN...

SAT AND SUN...BROAD TROUGH/CLOSED LOW SLOWLY MOVES TOWARDS THE
CNTRL ROCKIES SAT AFTN THROUGH SUN NGT. HOT AND WINDY WEATHER
STILL AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT ARE STILL VERY DOABLE. WILL LIKELY TIE OR BREAK RECORDS
HIGH TEMPERATURES AT ALS...COS...AND PUB SAT AND SUN. LITTLE OR NO
PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED... EXCEPT POSSIBLY AROUND THE SAWATCH
MOUNTAIN RANGE SUN AFTN NEAR THE MIDLEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE(PACIFIC
ORIGIN COLD FRONT). SFC CYCLOGENESIS SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND SERN WY
WITH LEE SIDE TROUGH ACROSS ERN CO AND DRYLINE WELL INTO THE
PLAINS ON SAT AFTN. SFC CYCLOGENESIS MAY RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF
ACROSS NERN CO ON SUN AFTN WITH PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCES
INCREASING ACROSS CO. FOR DETAILED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS SEE FIRE
WEATHER SEGMENT BELOW.

MON THROUGH THU...MON MAY BE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER DAY WITH THE WEAKENING ULJ SITTING OVER THE CNTRL ROCKIES.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL LEAVE CURRENT LOW POPS
THAT MIGHT BE OVERDONE. GFS HAS SFC DEW POINTS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AFTER ALL THE DEEP DRY AIR MIXING FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS. NOT SURE IF THAT WILL HAPPEN OR NOT. FOR TUE THROUGH THU...LOTS
OF UNCERTAINTY. GFS CONTINUES TO SEND LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES UP
AGAINST THE ERN CO MOUNTAINS IN RESPONSE TO MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEMS ACROSS ERN CO/WRN KS. EACH MODEL RUN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT...
THOUGH. THESE MOIST BOUNDARIES GO IN AND OUT OF ERN CO WITH TSTMS
BLOWING UP ALONG THE ERN CO MOUNTAINS/FRONT RANGE. DIFFICULT TO
SAY EITHER WAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS FAR OUT SINCE IT IS ALL
MESOSCALE DRIVEN WEATHER. TIME WILL TELL. METZE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

ON SAT...SEVERE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY
ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF CNTRL...S CNTRL...AND SERN CO GENERALLY
BELOW 9K FT MSL. SFC WINDS BY THE AFTN AND EVE SHOULD BE 16-26KTS
SUSTAINED PER BOTH NAM AND GFS MOS GUIDANCE. POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS
OF 26-36KTS. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10-20 DEGREES ABOVE
AVERAGE READINGS AND NEAR RECORDS. FRI NGTS HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE
MODERATE-POOR. SATS DAYTIME MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE 6-20 PERCENT
CWFA-WIDE. HAINES VALUES WILL BE AROUND 6. OBVIOUSLY...THERE IS
LONG TERM MODERATE-SEVERE DROUGHT STRESSED FUELS. ALL OF THIS
COMBINED COULD LEAD TO SEVERE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS IF
FIRE WERE TO START. IF ANY FIRE STARTS...IT COULD QUICKLY BLOW-UP
INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE AND ERRATIC PLUME DOMINATED WILDFIRE. IN
COLLABORATION WITH MOST SURROUNDING OFFICES...WILL GO AHEAD AND
ISSUE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SAT 9AM-9PM MDT. THE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE A LITTLE AFTER 9PM AS THE WIND
DECREASES AND THE HUMIDITY VERY SLIGHTLY IMPROVES...BUT NOT BY
MUCH.

ON SUN...ANOTHER SEVERE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY IS POSSIBLE.
ACTUALLY...THE ULJ IS PROJECTED TO MOVE INTO MUCH OF CO. SAME
CONDITIONS AS SAT...BUT WILL POSSIBLY SEE AN INCREASE IN WINDS
OVER SATS WINDS. SAT NGTS HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS...WELL...HORRIBLE.
CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THE MAXIMUM HUMIDITY SAT NGT WILL BE 20-29
PERCENT ALONG I-25 CORRIDOR AND SERN CO PLAINS AND 30S TO 40S
PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT
WATCH...BUT THIS TOO MAY EVENTUALLY BECOME A RED FLAG WARNING.

AFTER DOING SOME CLIMATE REVIEW...THE PROJECTED PATTERN FOR SAT
AND SUN IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE JUN 9-10 2002 HAYMAN WILDFIRE WHEN
IT JUMPED FROM 290 ACRES(8 JUN) TO 86,725(10 JUN). NOT TO SAY THIS
WILL BE EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION...BUT IF EVERYTHING COMES
TOGETHER...THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR A SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS FIRE WEATHER SCENARIO. THE PUBLIC
IS URGED TO FOLLOW BURN/FIRE BANS AND DO NOT THROW LIT CIGARETTES
FROM THEIR CARS...ESPECIALLY IF HEADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS
WEEKEND. METZE

&&

.HYDROLOGY...

VERY HIGH TERRAIN SNOWMELT CONTINUES ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE. WOLF CREEK IS ALMOST INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS SNOW WATER
EQUIVALENT LOSING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WATER A DAY. CANON
CITY...CNCC2...IS THE ONLY RIVER FORECAST POINT AROUND ACTION
STAGE AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. METZE

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
COZ220>COZ237.

RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR COZ220>COZ237.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR COZ220>COZ237.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
647 AM MDT THU MAY 25 2006

COZ058>089-093>099-261300-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
647 AM MDT THU MAY 25 2006

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. THE MAIN THREATS FROM
THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT STRESS FUELS...VERY LOW
DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...UNSTABLE
AIRMASS...AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE
MOUNTAINS...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL LESS THAN
1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

ROSE/METZE