Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys

... Fire Weather Watch remains in effect from Thursday afternoon
through Thursday evening for gusty winds... low humidity... and dry
fuels for fire weather zone 203 below 8000 feet...

* affected area... in Colorado... fire weather zone 203 Grand
Junction forecast area.

* Winds... southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* Relative humidity... 8 to 13 percent.

* Impacts... strong gusty winds... low humidity... and dry fuels
may combine to produce critical fire weather conditions and
the potential for rapid fire growth.

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.

The following are preliminary 24 hour precipitation reports from
western Colorado and eastern Utah, ending around 8 am Tuesday. The
first value is rainfall or water amounts in snow, and the second
value is snowfall, when appropriate. Amounts are in inches.


Western Colorado and eastern Utah 24 hour Airport stations:

Vernal, 0.32.


Official climate stations of western colorado:

2 miles west of Fruita, 0.11.
Palisade, 0.17.
Steamboat Springs, 0.11.


Official climate stations of eastern utah:

Jarvie ranch, 0.42.


Unofficial stations:

33 miles north of Craig, 0.19.
5 miles south of Durango, 0.21.
1 mile southeast of Steamboat Springs, 0.19.


Climate reference network sites of western colorado:

2 miles east of Dinosaur, 0.12.


Additional unofficial reports:

Basalt 6e 0.12
Vail 1wnw 0.20
Eagle 1sse 0.05
Crested Butte 6n 0.12 2.0
Craig 1ese 0.13
Carbondale 8s 0.15
Meeker 2wsw 0.12