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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1252 PM MST TUE MAR 3 2026
COZ241-245>247-041315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0013.260305T1900Z-260306T0100Z/
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
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-
1252 PM MST TUE MAR 3 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PLAINS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-70... FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241, 245, 246, AND 247...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241, 245, 246 AND 247.
* TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 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 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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