Warm weather and strong winds across much of Colorado will lead to high fire danger on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service has issued a for much of the Eastern Plains and southern part of the state, as well as the foothills west of Denver, until 8 p.m. this evening
“Hot weather and windy conditions will cause critical fire danger across portions of eastern Colorado in areas that have not had much recent rainfall,” the weather service said in their warning. “The winds will be strongest on the plains and in the southern Front Range foothills this afternoon.”
“Fires will start easily and spread rapidly,” the NWS warned.
Critical Fire Danger this afternoon into the early evening hours.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
In the Denver metro area, are expected today and there’s a slight chance for thunderstorms this evening.
Things will remain warm on Wednesday when the high is expected to be 94 degrees. On Thursday and Friday, things will cool down a bit with high temperatures near 80 expected.
