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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
800 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2025
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY
.A HOT AND DRY AIRMASS WILL HOLD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY.
IT WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS, LEADING TO POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE
SPREAD. FRIDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER IN THE MOUNTAINS, BUT
IT WILL BE JUST AS DRY, AND ALSO BE A LITTLE WINDIER THAN
THURSDAY. SLIGHT RELIEF SHOULD COME THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A
GRADUAL COOLING TREND AND WINDS DIMINISHING BY SUNDAY.
COZ211-213-214-217-081400-
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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
800 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT
FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PARK RANGE AND
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211, 213, AND 217...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211, 213, 214 AND 217.
* TIMING...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY PRODUCE A
SPARK AND START A WILDFIRE.
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.
COZ212-215-216-218-081400-
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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-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
800 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT
FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 212, 215, 216 AND 218.
* TIMING...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY PRODUCE A
SPARK AND START A WILDFIRE.
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.
GIMMESTAD
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