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Fire Weather Watch

Springfield Vicinity, Baca County County, Colorado
RED FLAG WARNING
Effective: 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008
Expires: 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008

RED FLAG WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS750 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2008...HOT...DRY...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXTSEVERAL DAYS....HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS REGIONTHROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILLKEEP CONDITIONS HOT AND DRY WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS THATWILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT...WIND ANDLOW HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER SITUATIONACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION.COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031000-/O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080803T0200Z//O.CON.KGLD.FW.A.0014.080803T1800Z-080804T0200Z/YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-750 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2008 /850 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008/...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOONTHROUGH SUNDAY EVENING......RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THISEVENING...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THISEVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAYAFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.RH VALUES AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE CRITICAL FIREWEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNINGHAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL RISE ABOVE 100 DEGREES. THESETEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENTAND BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CRITICALFIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLERED FLAG WARNINGS.$$BURTIS

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