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Red Flag Warning
Issued: 3:39 AM Jun. 26, 2026 – National Weather Service
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201, 291, AND 293...

* AFFECTED AREA...In Colorado, Fire Weather Zone 201 Routt
Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 291 Northern San Juan
Forecast Area and Fire Weather Zone 293 Gunnison Basin
Forecast Area.

* TIMING...From 10 AM Saturday to midnight MDT Saturday night.

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 to 17 percent.

* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch
and spread rapidly and erratically.

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 can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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Air Quality Alert
Issued: 6:11 PM Jun. 25, 2026 – National Weather Service
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 900 AM
THURSDAY UNTIL 900 AM FRIDAY...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has
issued the following...

WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke.

WHERE...Moffat, Routt, Grand, Rio Blanco, Eagle, Summit, Garfield,
Pitkin, Mesa, Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, Saguache, Jackson, Lake,
Park, Teller, Chaffee, Fremont, Custer, Huerfano, Rio Grande,
Alamosa, Las Animas, Costilla and Conejos Counties. Locations
include, but are not limited to Craig, Steamboat Springs, Granby,
Hot Sulphur Springs, Kremmling, Meeker, Rangely, Eagle, Vail,
Breckenridge, Glenwood Springs, Aspen, Grand Junction, Delta,
Gunnison, Montrose, Nucla, Saguache, Walden, Leadville, Fairplay,
Cripple Creek, Buena Vista, Salida, Canon City, Westcliffe,
Walsenburg, Del Norte, South Fork, Alamosa, Kim, Trinidad, San
Luis and Conejos.

WHEN...900 AM Thursday June 25 to 900 AM Friday June 26

IMPACTS...Smoke from several fires burning in Utah and Nevada is
being transported into Colorado and is expected to impact air
quality through at least Thursday morning. Smoke levels could
increase or decrease rapidly at times during the advisory period
due to the very unstable atmospheric conditions.

HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If smoke is
thick or becomes thick in your neighborhood you may want to remain
indoors. This is especially true for those with heart disease,
respiratory illnesses, the very young, and older adults. Consider
limiting outdoor activity when moderate to heavy smoke is present.
Consider relocating temporarily if smoke is present indoors and is
making you ill. If visibility is less than 5 miles in smoke in
your neighborhood, smoke has reached levels that are unhealthy.

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