From the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Grand Junction:

A DRY COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTHWEST COLORADO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS OVER
MUCH OF WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WILL LIKELY BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS THROUGH SUNSET. THE
STRONG HEATING WILL ALSO LEAD TO FREQUENT AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 35 MPH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE COMBINATION OF DRY
FUELS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL
HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1PM  TO 8PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH:

• MOFFAT
• GARFIELD
• RIO BLANCO
• MESA 
• PITKIN
• EAGLE
• DELTA
• MONTROSE
• SAN MIGUEL
• DOLORES
• MONTEZUMA
• LA PLATA
• ARCHULETA
• HINSDALE
• SAN JUAN 
• OURAY
• UINTAH
• DAGGET
• GRAND

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO THE UNCONTROLLED SPREADING OF AN IGNITED FIRE:

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH
  VERY DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID
  FIRE GROWTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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