Weather Alert Watch
Severe Fire Weather Watch

Fire Weather Watch for Eastern Uintah Basin; Book Cliffs; Colorado River Basin +1 more

Impacts: Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.

UTEastern Uintah Basin; Book Cliffs; Colorado River Basin; Southeast Utah

Official alert brief

AFFECTED AREA

In Utah, Fire Weather Zone 486 Eastern Uinta Basin, Fire Weather Zone 487 Book Cliffs, Fire Weather Zone 490 Colorado River Basin and Fire Weather Zone 491 Southeast Utah.

TIMING

From Friday afternoon through late Saturday night.

WINDS

Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 55 mph.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

7 to 12 percent.

IMPACTS

Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.

Instructions

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.