Fire Weather Watch for South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet; Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet
Impacts: Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
Official alert brief
The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
AFFECTED AREA
Fire Weather Zones 212 and 213.
TIMING
For the Red Flag Warning, from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Wednesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
WINDS
West 10 to 20 mph with gusts 25 to 35 mph.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
As low as 9 percent today, and as low as 12 percent on Wednesday.
IMPACTS
Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
Instructions
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.