Southwest wind gusts will peak up to 50 mph on Sunday, except for gusts around 60 mph over the south central mountains and eastern plains. The strong winds will produce areas of blowing dust at lower elevation, especially along and east of I-25, where there will be very low humidity and a risk of rapid fire spread.
Strong to damaging winds and low humidity values will create critical to locally extremely critical fire weather conditions on Sunday. The Red Flag Threat Index is a good way to quantify the severity of critical fire weather days.
Light rain and mountain snow will commence tonight and continue through Sunday evening. There will be some gusty thunderstorms in the mix on Sunday. Wetting precipitation will favor locations near the Colorado border. A few inches of snow are likely above 9,000ft in the northern mountains.
One less spark, one less wildfire. Dry and windy conditions are expected through the weekend. Make sure to properly discard cigarettes, don't park on dry grass, and follow all fire restrictions.
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