Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
444 AM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
226...227...228...229...230 AND 231...WHICH INCLUDES...FREMONT...EL
PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...AND
CROWLEY COUNTIES...FROM 1100 AM TO 800 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AHEAD OF
A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO. A DRY LINE POSITIONED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL
MOVE EASTWARD WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT
FOR AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS.
THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE
SPREAD POSSIBLE. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR EAST THE DRY
AIR WILL SPREAD. IT IS POSSIBLE THE RED FLAG WARNING MAY NEED TO
BE EXPANDED EASTWARD IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PLEASE MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES.

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HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
444 AM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...229...230

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH AT TIMES.
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING
IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
444 AM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...222...226...227...228...231

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH AT TIMES.
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING
IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1233 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
226...THROUGH 236...WHICH INCLUDES...FREMONT... EL
PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...AND
PROWERS COUNTIES...FROM 1100 AM TO 800 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AHEAD
OF A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A DRY LINE POSITIONED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
COLORADO WILL MOVE EASTWARD WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP
BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND
MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE. 

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OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-
1233 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...232...233...234...235...236

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES
DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...THIS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE
GROWTH. 

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-
1233 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...222...226...227...228...229...230...231

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH
SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING IN CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1241 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
226...THROUGH 236...WHICH INCLUDES...FREMONT... EL PASO...PUEBLO
...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT
...AND PROWERS COUNTIES...FROM 1100 AM TO 800 PM TODAY. THIS
WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL
CONDITIONS...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AHEAD
OF A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A DRY LINE POSITIONED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
COLORADO WILL MOVE EASTWARD WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP
BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND
MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE. 

COZ232>236-130200-
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OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-
1241 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...232...233...234...235...236

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES
DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...THIS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE
GROWTH. 

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-
1241 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...222...226...227...228...229...230...231

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH
SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING IN CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
305 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
226...THROUGH 236...WHICH INCLUDES...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO
...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT
...AND PROWERS COUNTIES...UNTIL 800 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE
WEATHER ZONES...227...228...229...230...231...232...WHICH
INCLUDES...SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN 
LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...AND OTERO COUNTIES FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT
TUESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND
CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS....

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING
UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AHEAD OF A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING
INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. DRY AIR AT THE
SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER
OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WITH
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
DECREASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS WELL. THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE.

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SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
305 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. A
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...227...228...229...230...231...232

TODAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING IN
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND THE HUMIDITIES WILL
RECOVER OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. THE I 25 CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN ADJACENT COUNTIES
WILL HAVE HUMIDITIES DECREASE TO AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. WITH THESE LOW HUMIDITIES AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THERE
WILL BE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
305 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...222...226...233...234...235...236

TODAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING IN
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
338 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
226...THROUGH 236...WHICH INCLUDES...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO
...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT
...AND PROWERS COUNTIES...UNTIL 800 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE
WEATHER ZONES...227...228...229...230...231...232...WHICH
INCLUDES...SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN 
LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...AND OTERO COUNTIES FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT
TUESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND
CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS....

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING
UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AHEAD OF A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING
INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. DRY AIR AT THE
SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER
OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WITH
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
DECREASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS WELL. THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE.

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SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
338 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. A
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...227...228...229...230...231...232

TODAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING IN
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND THE HUMIDITIES WILL
RECOVER OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. THE I 25 CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN ADJACENT COUNTIES
WILL HAVE HUMIDITIES DECREASE TO AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. WITH THESE LOW HUMIDITIES AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THERE
WILL BE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
338 PM MDT MON APR 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...222...226...233...234...235...236

TODAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT RESULTING IN
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
518 AM MDT SUN APR 11 2010

.SHORT TERM...
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

CURRENTLY...LARGE UPPER LOW PRES SYSTEM WAS OFF THE CA COAST EARLY
SUN MORNING...PUSHING A GOOD AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE PAC NW
AND REACHING AS FAR AS THE N ROCKIES. SW FLOW ALOFT WAS STARTING TO
INCREASE ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS...AND WILL CONTINUE STRENGTHENING AS
THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS. A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER THIS
MORNING...ALBEIT SPOTTY...AND TEMPS AS OF 3 AM WERE IN THE 30S
ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE AREA. THE DIFFERENCE COMES WHEN COMPARING
DEWPOINTS...AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN REPORT DEWPOINTS IN THE TEENS
WHILE THE E PLAINS HAS DEWPOINTS RIGHT AROUND 30 F DUE TO A GENERAL
UPSLOPE FLOW AT THE SFC.

TODAY AND TONIGHT...LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE...THE PACIFIC UPPER
LOW NEARS THE COAST TODAY AND MOVES ONSHORE ACROSS NORTHERN CA THIS
EVENING. SW FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS STRENGTHENS AS THE PRES
GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND AS A 100 KT JET MOVES ACROSS THE DESERT SW.

ON A SMALLER SCALE...WHILE DRY SW FLOW SWEEPS ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN TODAY...MODELS INDICATE THAT S-SE FLOW AT THE SFC FOR THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...HELPING TO KEEP THE
LLVL SOMEWHAT MOIST. WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THE FORECAST AREA DRY
TODAY...NAM BREAKS OUT SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG THE I25
CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON...THEN SPREADS THIS TO THE EAST
THROUGH LATE AFTN AND EVE CORRESPONDING WITH MODEL CAPES OF 800-1200
J/KG IN POCKETS. AS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION MENTIONED...THIS ALL DEPENDS
ON WHETHER THE MODELS HAVE CAPTURED DEWPOINTS CORRECTLY...BECAUSE IF
DEWPOINTS ARE JUST A FEW DEGREES LESS THEN PROJECTED CAPE
EVAPORATES. FEEL THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME ISOLATED
CONVECTION THIS AFTN...SO WILL CONTINUE ONGOING POP GRIDS WITH A
LITTLE AREAL ADJUSTMENT. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP PROBABLY WILL BE A
BIT LOWER IN THE ATMOS...SO SMALL HAIL...CG AND SOME RAIN WILL BE
THE MAIN THREATS.

WARMER TODAY AS MODEL 850 MB TEMPS WARM ANYWHERE FROM 3-6 DEG C
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...THOUGH H7 TEMPS REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME. ONLY
OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT BOTH GFS AND NAM PICKED UP ON STRONGER
SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING RIGHT ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MOORE

.LONG TERM...
(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)

...UNSETTLED SPRING PATTERN NEXT FEW DAYS...THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
NIGHT...TUESDAY...AND BEYOND...

MONDAY WILL BE WARM AND BREEZY AHEAD OF A FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TO
CLIP THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. WINDS WILL
BE GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AGAIN...SO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS COMES TO
MIND. HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL BE TOO HIGH FOR
CRITICAL CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME. THE AREAS
THAT MAY COME CLOSE ARE PUEBLO...EL PASO AND FREMONT COUNTIES. IN
THESE AREAS...HUMIDITIES LOOK LIKE THEY WILL GET CLOSER TO
CRITERIA THAN LOCATIONS FARTHER EAST. HOWEVER...IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE
THE WINDS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE FARTHER AWAY FROM CRITERIA THAN
LOCATIONS FARTHER EAST. SO...WHAT IS BEING MADE UP FOR IN HUMIDITY
IS TENDING TO BE OFFSET BY WHAT IS BEING LOST IN THE WIND
DEPARTMENT. IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE HIGHLIGHTS WILL NOT BE
MEANT...BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

A SHORTWAVE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL KICK OFF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS IT EJECTS
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW THIS. BOTH
HAVE A POTENT SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS UTAH MONDAY NIGHT...
INTERACTING WITH A PLUME OF MOISTURE STREAMING UP FROM THE GULF.
THEY MEET UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN TRACK
EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY. SO...SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING
PERIOD. DON'T OFTEN HAVE NOCTURNAL/EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER COLORADO IN EARLY APRIL...BUT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT HAPPEN THIS
TIME. AT THIS TIME...PRIMARY THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
APPEAR TO BE LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 700MB
WINDS ARE PRETTY STRONG...UP TO AROUND 50 KNOTS...SO WIND MAY BE
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL HAS
THE SHORTWAVE EJECTS ACROSS THE PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
ENCOUNTERS INCREASING SHEAR AND BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT...THE GFS SUGGESTS A PLUME OF GULF
MOISTURE MAY LINGER OVER THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS...PRODUCING
A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED SPRING WEATHER...INCLUDING DAILY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LW

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR KALS AND WESTERN AREAS THE
NEXT 24 HRS THOUGH SW WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE ACROSS THE
CONTDVD BY THIS EVE. AS FOR KCOS AND KPUB...OVERALL VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HRS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED CONVECTION IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE I25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTN AROUND 3
PM...THEN TRACK TO THE EAST THROUGH THE EVE. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR ABOUT A 4 HR WINDOW STARTING AT 3 PM...WITH THE MAIN
THREATS BEING SMALL HAIL...CG LTG AND BRIEF RAIN.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
632 AM MDT SUN APR 11 2010

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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-
632 AM MDT SUN APR 11 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...THE PALMER DIVIDE...AND THE
INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
ARE THEN EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS
THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES
OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE A ROUND OF LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS SYSTEM INCLUDE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE DISTURBANCE
ENCOUNTERS INCREASED SHEAR AND BETTER MOISTURE ON THE PLAINS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE AND INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR...AND EAST ACROSS ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS.

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