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Updated: 9:48 PM Mar 4, 2009
Extreme Fire Danger
Bottom line, it is a day to postpone working or recreating outdoors with anything flammable. If you're a smoker, don't flip your butts out the car window...extinguish and leave them in the car.
Posted: 10:29 PM Mar 3, 2009
Reporter: 11 News Storm Team
Email Address: weather@kktv.com
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Gusty winds blew across southern Colorado Wednesday. West to southwest winds of 20 to 40 mph prevailed in most locations in Southern Colorado, from late morning through the first half of tonight. The combination of low relative humidity, warm temperatures, gusty wind, and dry fuels is a recipe that would cause fire behavior to become explosive. That simply means that any wildfire that got going would spread very quickly and be very hard to control. Bottom line, it is a day to postpone working or recreating outdoors with anything flammable. If you're a smoker, don't flip your butts out the car window...extinguish and leave them in the car.

We could also have Red Flag Warnings on Thursday and Friday, as the conditions will likely remain unchanged through the rest of the week.

For the latest 11 News Storm Team Forecast, Click Here

Meteorologist Branden Borremans
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KKTV - Weather Current Conditions
Fair
Fair
29 °F
(-1 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
23 °F
Humidity: 97 %Dewpoint: 28.4 °F
Barometer: 29.68 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 6 MPH from South Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Air Force Academy, CO
Mostly
Mostly Cloudy
28 °F
(-2 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
23 °F
Humidity: 81 %Dewpoint: 23.0 °F
Barometer: 29.82 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 4 MPH from South Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Alamosa Muni(awos), CO
Partly
Partly Cloudy
30 °F
(-1 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
23 °F
Humidity: 58 %Dewpoint: 17.1 °F
Barometer: 29.65 inVisibility: 9.00 mi.
Wind: 7 MPH from North Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Denver/Centennial, CO
Mostly
Mostly Cloudy
19 °F
(-7 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
11 °F
Humidity: 74 %Dewpoint: 12.0 °F
Barometer: 29.68 inVisibility: 7.00 mi.
Wind: 6 MPH from Northeast Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Denver Intnl Arpt, CO
Mostly
Mostly Cloudy
34 °F
(1 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
25 °F
Humidity: 76 %Dewpoint: 27.0 °F
Barometer: 29.70 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 14 MPH from South Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Aspen/Sardy Field, CO
Mostly
Mostly Cloudy
25 °F
(-4 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
18 °F
Humidity: 80 %Dewpoint: 19.4 °F
Barometer: 29.67 inVisibility: 25.00 mi.
Wind: 6 MPH from Northeast Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Buckley AFB/Aurora, CO
Overcast
Overcast
25 °F
(-4 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
14 °F
Humidity: 69 %Dewpoint: 15.8 °F
Barometer: 29.74 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 13 MPH from South Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Copper Mountain (12,400 feet), CO
Fog/Mist
Fog/Mist
28 °F
(-2 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
14 °F
Humidity: 78 %Dewpoint: 21.9 °F
Barometer: 29.70 inVisibility: 1.75 mi.
Wind: 0 MPH from North Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Colorado Springs, CO
Overcast
Overcast
30 °F
(-1 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
22 °F
Humidity: 88 %Dewpoint: 27.0 °F
Barometer: 29.83 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 8 MPH from Southeast Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Durango/La Plata Co, CO
Overcast
Overcast
25 °F
(-4 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 97 %Dewpoint: 24.1 °F
Barometer: 29.70 inVisibility: 8.00 mi.
Wind: 7 MPH from South Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Fort Carson/Butts, CO
Fair
Fair
19 °F
(-7 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 86 %Dewpoint: 15.8 °F
Barometer: 29.72 inVisibility: 8.00 mi.
Wind: 4 MPH from Northwest Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Fort Collins (awos), CO
Overcast
Overcast
45 °F
(7 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 63 %Dewpoint: 33.1 °F
Barometer: 29.72 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 0 MPH from North Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Grand Junction, CO
Fair
Fair
31 °F
(-0 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 67 %Dewpoint: 21.0 °F
Barometer: 29.77 inVisibility: 10.00 mi.
Wind: 4 MPH from Variable Gusts of 0.0 MPH
La Junta Municipal, CO
Heavy
Heavy Snow
18 °F
(-8 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 86 %Dewpoint: 14.0 °F
Barometer: 30.20 inVisibility: 0.25 mi.
Wind: 0 MPH from North Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Monarch Pass (12,030 feet), CO
Mostly
Mostly Cloudy with Haze
26 °F
(-3 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 81 %Dewpoint: 21.0 °F
Barometer: 29.76 inVisibility: 5.00 mi.
Wind: 0 MPH from North Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Pueblo Memorial(aw), CO
Light
Light Snow
30 °F
(-1 °C)
HIGH: 32
LOW: 10
Wind Chill:
17 °F
Humidity: 80 %Dewpoint: 24.8 °F
Barometer: 29.76 inVisibility: 3.00 mi.
Wind: 0 MPH from North Gusts of 0.0 MPH
Telluride Regional, CO
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