Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

970 
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RFWBOU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1046 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...

.INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BRING A RETURN OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS SATURDAY. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE
7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE...WITH SURFACE WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS
35 MPH. FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL ALLOW NEW FIRE STARTS
AND RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES.

THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST IN/NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING AND
POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY.  A STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN
EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE
DAY.

COZ214>216-238>249-021645-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0011.110402T1800Z-110403T0200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
1046 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...IN COLORADO...
214...215...216...238...239...240...241...242...243...244...
245...246...247...248...249

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO 
  DEVELOP AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY 
  SATURDAY EVENING. WHILE SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER 
  SATURDAY EVENING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY 
  PERSIST INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE 
  SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND PALMER DIVIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH 
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTS 
  UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED 
  RIDGES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS
  WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE
  GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

434 
WWUS85 KBOU 020921
RFWBOU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
321 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...

.INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BRING A RETURN OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 7 TO 12
PERCENT RANGE BY AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE WINDS GUSTS INCREASING
TO AROUND 35 MPH. FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL ALLOW NEW FIRE
STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES.

NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING AND POOR
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE
DAY.

COZ250-251-022200-
/O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0011.110402T1800Z-110403T0200Z/
SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
321 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING ALONG
  WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITIES.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 14 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS
  WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID
  WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

COZ214>216-238>249-022200-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0011.110402T1800Z-110403T0200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
321 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY
FUELS...

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND
  NOON TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WHILE
  SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING...NEAR CRITICAL
  FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
  ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND PALMER
  DIVIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...7 TO 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS
  WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID
  WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

BARJENBRUCH

727 
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RFWBOU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
448 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...

.STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 12 PERCENT RANGE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL ALLOW NEW
FIRE STARTS AND RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES.

NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING AND POOR
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING SOUTHWARD DURING THE
DAY.

COZ214>216-238>251-030200-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T0200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
448 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  THIS EVENING. WHILE SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS
  EVENING...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO
  TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...PARK
  COUNTY... AND PALMER DIVIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP
  TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN
  THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...5 TO 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY 
  FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND 
  RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$


SWE

072 
WWUS85 KBOU 030155
RFWBOU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
755 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA
FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STRONGER WINDS WILL REDEVELOP
OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY
WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES SPREADING
SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM LOCAL
TIME THIS EVENING. 

COZ238>240-242>251-030300-
/O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T0200Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
755 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ALONG WITH SLOWLY RISING
HUMIDITY LEVELS. 


$$

COZ214>216-241-031400-
/O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
755 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY
WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS
  EVENING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL
  NOON ON SUNDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP
  TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY AND EXPOSED RIDGES IN
  THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY 
  FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND 
  RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

SWE

198 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
456 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE THIS MORNING...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY WILL KEEP CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE THIS
MORNING. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA AND EASTWARD THROUGH
LINCOLN COUNTY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK TO PUSH
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA AROUND NOON TODAY...AND JUST AFTER THAT
IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND PARK COUNTIES. THIS WILL BRING MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER HUMIDITIES...AND PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW. 

COZ247-032100-
/O.EXB.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T2100Z/
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
456 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY 8 TO 9
  AM AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RAPID IMPROVEMENT
  IS EXPECTED AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
  HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH
  THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...
  HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY WITH THAT WIND SHIFT.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND EXTREMELY DRY
  FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND
  RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

COZ246-031800-
/O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T1800Z/
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
456 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY
WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY 8 TO 9
  AM AND THEN CONTINUE UNTIL THE NOON HOUR. RAPID IMPROVEMENT IS
  THEN EXPECTED AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
  REGION. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT TO THE
  NORTH WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON. HOWEVER...
  HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY WITH THAT WIND SHIFT.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY 
  FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND 
  RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

COZ214>216-241-031800-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
456 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS
  MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE
  FRONT RANGE AS HUMIDITIES AND SHOWER COVERAGE INCREASES LATER
  THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE
  SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE CLOSER TO THE NOON
  HOUR...SO SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
  STILL EXPECTED THERE.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH
  OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE. WINDS WILL THEN
  TURN MORE NORTHERLY AND DECREASE SOMEWHAT BEHIND A COLD FRONT
  MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT...EXCEPT 30 TO 50 PERCENT IN THE
  NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY 
  FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND 
  RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

BARJENBRUCH

746 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1139 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011


COZ214>216-241-246-031845-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...
NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...CASTLE ROCK...
ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...
MATHESON
1139 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...214...215...216...241...246

COLDER AIR AND HIGHER HUMIDITY HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. IN
ADDITION...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
DAY. THE PRECIPITATION AND HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL LOWER THE FIRE
DANGER.

$$

COZ247-031845-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T2100Z/
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER
1139 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...247

COLDER AIR AND HIGHER HUMIDITY HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. IN
ADDITION...SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION. THE
PRECIPITATION AND HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL LOWER THE FIRE DANGER.

$$
LESZCYNSKI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
311 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

.SHORT TERM...CURRENT SATELLITE PICTURES ARE SHOWING THE HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDINESS PUSHING WEST-SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE CWA AT THIS TIME.
THE WINDS ALOFT ARE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST
FEW DAYS...WITH PROFILERS SHOWING 60-70 KNOT JET LEVEL WEST-
NORTHWESTERLIES.  WEST-NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS HAVE YET TO GET
INTO MOST OF THE PLAINS AT THIS TIME.  THE EXCEPTION IS IS EASTERN
LARIMER AND NORTHWESTERLY WELD COUNTIES.  AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES
ARE STILL LAGGING BEHIND THE EXPECTED HIGHS.  WITH THE CLOUD COVER
MOVING OUT...PERHAPS THE DOWNSLOPING WILL STILL MAKE IT INTO MOST OF
THE PLAINS.  MODELS HAVE THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMING ZONAL BY SATURDAY
MORNING.  EXPECTED SPEEDS ARE 45 TO 70 KNOTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THE QG VERTICAL VELOCITY FIELDS HAVE VERY WEAK UPWARD MOTION PROGGED
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.  THE LOW LEVEL PRESSURE AND WIND FIELDS HAVE
NORMAL DIURNAL PATTERNS PROGGED FOR TONIGHT...WITH THE FAR EAST
UNDER STRONGER SOUTHERLY FLOW.  ON SATURDAY...WIDESPREAD
SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW IS PROGGED BY LATE MORNING.  FOR
MOISTURE...CROSS SECTION SHOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO BE PRETTY
DRY.  UPSTREAM SATELLITE PICTURES AGREE WITH THIS...FOR THE MOST
PART.  THERE IS NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION NOTED OF THE QPF FIELDS
TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.  WILL CHANGE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A
WARNING FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  TEMPERATURES LOOK
TO BE QUITE WARM...AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL
LIKELY HELP LOWER THE CURRENT DEW POINT READINGS SUBSTANTIALLY.
WINDS DON'T LOOK GREAT...BUT HIGH ENOUGH FROM TIME TO TIME.  BESIDES
SINCE IT'S BEEN SO DRY FOR SO LONG...A WARNING SEEMS PRUDENT.  FOR
TEMPERATURES...SATURDAY HIGHS SHOULD BE 2-6 C WARMER THAN TODAY'S
EXPECTED HIGHS.

.LONG TERM...MODEL CONSENSUS IS A BIT FASTER WITH THE TROUGH AND
COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY AND THERE IS BETTER AGREEMENT. THIS BRINGS THE
COLD FRONT THROUGH DURING THE DAY WITH MOST OF THE LIFT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SUBSIDENCE SPREADING ACROSS THE STATE
MONDAY MORNING. SYSTEM LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE HEALTHY BATCH OF
SHOWERS WITH THE TROUGH AXIS...THOUGH INSTABILITY IS LIMITED AND
MAINLY COMES LATER WHEN THE WINDS AND MOISTURE WILL BE DECREASING.
CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE RIGHT TRENDS...BUMPED UP POPS A BIT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOWED COOLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY
ON SUNDAY. NAM SHOWS AN INTENSE PERIOD OF SNOW ON SUNDAY IN THE
MOUNTAINS...POSSIBLE IN THE SHORT PERIOD WITH FAVORABLE WINDS AND
INSTABILITY SO THAT BEARS WATCHING. AT THIS POINT IS LOOKS LIKE ANY
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE OF FAIRLY SHORT DURATION. FOR THE PLAINS...IT
SHOULD TURN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW IN MOST AREAS DURING THE EVENING
BUT THE WARM GROUND WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. SREF GUIDANCE SHOWING
2-4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS...SUSPECT MOST PLACES WILL JUST SEE GRASSY AREA
ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO THE TEMPERATURES BUT THERE COULD BE HEAVY
ENOUGH SHOWERS FOR SOME IMPACT.

SYSTEM SHOULD CLEAR OUT PRETTY QUICKLY ON MONDAY...THEN RIDGING FOR
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. ECMWF HAS A FLATTER RIDGE WITH WESTERLY FLOW
AND DOES NOT GET US AS WARM. GFS WOULD BE A BIT WARMER WITH ITS
SOUTHWEST FLOW AND WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO GIVE US FIRE WEATHER
ISSUES AGAIN. NEXT TROUGH SHOULD BE UPSTREAM THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT
COULD BE SPREADING CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
BY THE END OF THE WEEK. FOR NOW SOME COOLING DUE TO THE MOISTURE AND
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL SUFFICE.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.  THE
NORMAL DIURNAL WIND PATTERNS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH FAIRLY
STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FIRE WEATHER WARNING FOR THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND MOST OF THE PLAINS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ZONES 214>216..238>249.

&&

RJK/GIMMESTAD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1107 AM MDT FRI APR 01 2011

COZ030>051-021200-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
1107 AM MDT FRI APR 01 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL THE FORECAST TODAY AND
TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BRING
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY
PERSISTING IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER
DIVIDE AREA INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING COLDER AIR AND MOISTURE ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. IN THE MOUNTAINS...THE SHOWERS MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS
SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THEN SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND
HEAVIER ON SUNDAY. ON THE PLAINS...A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES WILL THEN TURN MUCH
COLDER LATE SUNDAY...BRINGING POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AT
LOWER ELEVATIONS SUNDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

RJK/GIMMESTAD