Fire Weather Watch Issued for Wednesday

April 21, 4:27 PMDenver Weather ExaminerTony Hake

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The fire danger continues to be high due to very low humidity and steady winds that are drying everything out. After spending Saturday and Sunday under a Red Flag Warning, the National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for Wednesday. PLEASE be careful out there.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
321 PM MDT MON APR 21 2008

COZ214>216-238>247-220530-

..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS…PALMER DIVIDE AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

DRY FUELS…ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES…GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH…A HIGH HAINES INDEX AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED IN AND ALONG THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE ON WEDNESDAY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXEPCTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WIND SPEEDS GRADUALLY DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.