The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings for areas in California, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Montana. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for some areas in Colorado.
The area where the Brian Head Fire is burning east of Cedar City, Utah could see southwest winds gusting up to 39 mph Monday afternoon while the relative humidity bottoms out at 12 percent. This could challenge firefighters and test the contingency lines constructed northeast of the fire on Sunday.
The map was current as of 9:50 a.m. MDT on Monday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.
Question—When was the red flag warning concept put in to effect? I don’t remember them when I was working for USFS. Keep up the great work.