...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...
.Strong winds from the north-northwest, with gusts up to 45 MPH
Thursday and 65 MPH Friday along with humidity values in the mid
teens will create critical fire weather conditions. Areas along
and between I-70 and U.S. 40, and west of KS 27 will see critical
conditions Thursday, but this area of concern may grow over the
next 36 hours. Friday, widespread critical fire weather conditions
are likely, represented by GFDI values largely being above 40
with eastern Colorado hitting 100+ GFDI values.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 002 Rawlins, 003 Decatur,
004 Norton, 015 Sheridan, 016 Graham, 029 Gove, 079 Dundy, 080
Hitchcock and 081 Red Willow.
* TIMING...From late Thursday night through Friday afternoon.
* WINDS...Northwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 20 percent.
* IMPACTS...Unpredictable fire behavior. Any fires that develop
may rapidly grow and spread out of control.
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.
Start Time
1/14/2026 4:29 PMEnd Time
1/15/2026 7:00 AM