Mostly cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms early in the evening. Isolated rain showers in the evening. Isolated snow showers in the late evening and overnight. Lows in the 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Saturday
Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of snow showers in the morning. Highs in the 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
... Red flag warning in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening for southwest Colorado fire zone 207 below 7000 feet elevation for gusty winds and low relative humidity...
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a red flag warning until 8 PM MDT this evening for southwest Colorado fire zone 207 below 7000 feet elevation.
Gusty winds will continue to develop across southwest Colorado this afternoon as a weak upper disturbance combines with daytime heating to mix down stronger winds aloft. Afternoon mixing will also bring down dry air aloft... helping to lower relative humidity as well. After 2 PM... wind gusts near 30 mph and relative humidity of 10 to 15 percent are expected below 7000 feet elevation... where fuels are the driest.
A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now... or will shortly. A combination of gusty winds... low relative humidity will create explosive fire growth potential.
Jad
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 1:55 PM MDT on May 9, 2008
The following are preliminary precipitation reports from western Colorado. The precipitation fell during the 24 hour period ending around 8 am this Friday morning. Amounts are in inches.
Western Colorado 24 hour stations.
Aspen Airport, 0.28. Montrose Airport, 0.16.
Official climate stations of western Colorado.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, 0.24. Crested Butte, 0.24, with 1 inch snow. Dove Creek, 0.20. Montrose, 0.12. Steamboat Springs, 0.10.
Unofficial stations.
2 miles north of Avon, 0.21. 4 miles northwest of Colona, 0.10. 4 miles northeast of Crawford, 0.10. Gothic, 0.41, with 5 inches snow. 5 miles northwest of Hotchkiss, 0.15. New Castle, 0.17.
Other unofficial reports.
5 miles northwest of Mack, 0.28. And, at Northdale, 0.10.
