Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY
FUELS HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING FOR FIRE ZONES
221...222...225 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS FREMONT...TELLER AND SOUTHERN EL PASO
COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222...225...227...233 AND
237... WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...FREMONT...
TELLER AND SOUTHERN EL PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA
COUNTIES...

COZ221-222-225-227-261800-
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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES THIS EVENING 
FOR ZONES221...222...225 AND 227...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 4 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION 
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND 
  ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE 
  SHOULD BE SUSPENDED. 

* HAINES...6.

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.

&&

$$

COZ233-237-261800-
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EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION OF 
  STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY 
  OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE SHOULD 
  BE SUSPENDED. 

* HAINES...6.

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.

&&

$$

360 
WWUS85 KPUB 260202
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
802 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
SUNDAY THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222...225...227...
233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...
FREMONT...TELLER AND SOUTHERN EL PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
BACA COUNTIES...

COZ221-222-225-227-233-237-261815-
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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
802 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...227... 
  233 AND 237.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION 
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND 
  ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE 
  SHOULD BE SUSPENDED. 

* HAINES...6.

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.

&&

$$

954 
WWUS85 KPUB 260949
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
349 AM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY
THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222...225...227...
233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...
FREMONT...TELLER AND SOUTHERN EL PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
BACA COUNTIES...

COZ221-222-225-227-233-237-270200-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0016.130526T1700Z-130527T0300Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
349 AM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...227... 
  233 AND 237.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION 
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND 
  ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE 
  SHOULD BE SUSPENDED. 

* HAINES...6.

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.

&&

$$

833 
WWUS85 KPUB 262107
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM THIS
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...227...233 AND
237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...
FREMONT...TELLER...SOUTHERN EL PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA
COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM
MONDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 225...WHICH INCLUDES THE WET AND
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
221...222...225...227...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SANGRE
DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...FREMONT...TELLER...SOUTHERN EL
PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES...


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SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
307 PM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 225...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES IS
IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN
  THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY OTHER
  ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE SHOULD BE
  SUSPENDED.

* HAINES...6.

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.

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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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
307 PM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 221...222...225 AND 227...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...227...
233 AND 237...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...227...233 AND 
  237.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME FOR
  MONDAY...BUT ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE AGAIN ON TUESDAY WITH THE
  POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN
  THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY OTHER
  ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE SHOULD BE
  SUSPENDED.

* HAINES...6.

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.

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

&&

$$

335 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
852 PM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING 
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...227...233 AND
237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET
MOUNTAINS...FREMONT... TELLER...SOUTHERN EL PASO...EASTERN LAS
ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON
MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 225...WHICH
INCLUDES THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED
FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 221...222...225...227...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...FREMONT...TELLER...SOUTHERN
EL PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES...

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SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
852 PM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 225...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...
...ALSO...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT
  TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION 
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY 
  OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE SHOULD 
  BE SUSPENDED. 

* HAINES...6.

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.

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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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
852 PM MDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...227...
233 AND 237...
...ALSO...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...227...233 
AND 237...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...227...233 AND 
  237.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE COMBINATION 
  OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY 
  OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD ACCIDENTALLY START A FIRE SHOULD 
  BE SUSPENDED. 

* HAINES...6.

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.

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

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1105 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1009 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN QUITE GUSTY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND SOME MOUNTAIN AREAS THIS MORNING...AND IS
FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO MOST OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY THIS
AFTERNOON. WHERE FUELS ARE CRITICAL THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE
DANGER. MAIN CHANGE TO THE GRIDS WAS TO DROP SFC DEW POINTS ACROSS
THE MTS/I-25 CORRIDOR AS YESTERDAY THEY DROPPED INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS AND SEE NO REASON WHY THEY WON'T DO THE
SAME TODAY. HRRR SEEMS TO HAVE LATCHED ON TO THIS WELL AND HAVE
USED THESE GRIDS TO BLEND TOWARDS. SHORT RANGE HIGH RES MODELS
POINT TO BEST POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. HAVE TRIMMED BACK WESTERN EXTENT OF
POPS TO BETTER REFLECT THIS.

LOOKS LIKE PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTY
COULD SEE AN HOUR OR TWO OF CRITICAL TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER DRY LINE SHOULD WAVER BACK
WESTWARD INTO BACA COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION FIRES
ALONG THE DRY LINE. WINDS ALSO APPEAR TO SLACKEN OFF SOME ACROSS
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AS THE SFC TROF DEEPENS AND BEST GRADIENT
SHIFTS SOUTH AND EASTWARD. THUS WILL HOLD OFF ON FIRE WEATHER
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THESE AREAS. -KT

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 440 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...HOT...

JULY-LIKE WX EXPECTED TODAY AS DRY SW WINDS ALOFT CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE AREA...AND PRECIP REMAINS MOSTLY OUTSIDE OUR CWA.
H7 TEMPS RISE ANOTHER DEGREE OR SO...AND AFTER GETTING BURNED BY MX
TEMPS YESTERDAY ACROSS THE PLAINS...WILL NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE
TODAY AND HAVE GONE ON THE HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE...GIVING US LOWER
TO MID 90S ACROSS THE PLAINS. FORECAST HIGH OF 95 FOR KPUB THIS
AFTERNOON WOULD BREAK THE OLD RECORD OF 94 FOR THIS DATE.

FIRE WX STILL A CONCERN THRU THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS
LOOK A BIT SPOTTY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...MAINLY DUE TO MARGINAL
WIND GUSTS...BUT WITH DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS WILL KEEP THE
RED FLAG WARNING GOING AS ISSUED. WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...IT
WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO GUARD AGAINST FIRE STARTS THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NM BORDER ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING THIS
MORNING AND SHOULD WRAP UP BY SUNRISE. THE DRYLINE RETREATS TO THE
KS BORDER THIS AFTERNOON...SO ONLY A SLIGHT THREAT FOR TS
ACTIVITY...MAINLY ALONG AND E OF HGWY 287 THROUGH BACA...PROWERS AND
KIOWA COUNTIES. THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A STRONG STORM OR TWO
RIGHT NR THE BORDER BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. WILL BE A RATHER MILD NIGHT AS TEMPS ALOFT
STAY RATHER HIGH...AND S-SW WINDS ARE SLOW TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE
NIGHT...PARTICULARLY OVER THE FAR ERN COUNTIES. ROSE

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 440 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.SUNDAY AND MONDAY...DRY AND WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES
OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
DRY LINE MAY MOVE WEST OF THE KANSAS BORDER DURING THE NIGHT...BUT
IT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE KANSAS BORDER DURING THE DAY. HAVE
ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR ALL REGIONS OF THE CWA
WITH CRITICAL FUELS. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM REACHING
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY CRITERIA AS MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ARE MOSTLY IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS ARE MORE OF A CONCERN...BUT THERE SHOULD
BE FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 25 MPH ON SUNDAY. ON MONDAY...WINDS MAY BE
LIGHTER...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED LATER SHIFTS ISSUE FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR MONDAY FOR
PARTS OF THE REGION. GRIDS ONLY HAVE SILENT POPS FOR BOTH DAYS
GIVEN DRY AIRMASS OVER THE REGION.

.TUESDAY...UPPER TROUGH WILL START APPROACHING COLORADO. MID
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL COLORADO...WITH A CHANCE FOR
SOME AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. DRY
SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
CWA. SOME FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR
PORTIONS OF THE CWA ON TUESDAY.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...EC AND GFS CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON THE
SPEED AND TRAJECTORY OF THE STRONGER UPPER TROUGH. EC HAS
CONSISTENTLY BEEN MORE AMPLIFIED AND SLOWER WITH THE TROUGH. THE
EC SOLUTION COULD ALLOW FOR SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO ADVECT INTO
EASTERN COLORADO RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION WEDNESDAY. THE GFS IS FASTER AND FURTHER NORTH...KEEPING
WESTERLY WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. THE GFS SOLUTION WOULD
ONLY PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN...IF ANY...FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. A FEW
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SUPPORT THE EC SOLUTION...BUT A MAJORITY FOLLOW
THE OPERATIONAL GFS. GEM ALSO FOLLOWS GFS SOLUTION. WHILE MAJORITY
OF GUIDANCE FOLLOWS GFS...AM NOT DISMISSING EC SOLUTION YET GIVEN
EC PAST TRACK RECORD.

.THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MODELS AGREE WITH UPPER LOW DEVELOPING OVER
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...THEN MOVING EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. THIS PATTERN WOULD CONFINE PRECIPITATION MOSTLY TO
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COOLER DUE TO COOLER AIR ALOFT...BUT WESTERLY FLOW WOULD LIMIT ANY
PRECIPITATION TO LIGHT SHOWERS. --PGW--

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1104 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TAF SITES WITH GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FOR ALL THREE LOCATIONS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO
AROUND 30-35 KTS POSSIBLE OVER/NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE AROUND 02Z...WITH LIGHT DRAINAGE
WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED -TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ221-222-225-
227.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR COZ221-222-225-227-233-237.

&&

UPDATE...KT
SHORT TERM...ROSE
LONG TERM...PGW
AVIATION...KT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1222 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

COZ058>089-093>099-261830-
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-
1222 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT
COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN A LITTLE HIGHER TO THE
EAST...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES COULD SEE AN HOUR OR
TWO OF NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THUS FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO DRY
CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 287. A
COUPLE OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY
SEVERE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH ALONG
WITH STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS
POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY. ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THERE ALSO IS A CHANCE FOR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE LOCATIONS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AS A PACIFIC
STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THE MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER BACA...PROWERS...AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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