On Saturday there is a slight chance of isolated dry lightning strikes across the eastern San Gabriel Mountains during Red Flag Warning conditions
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Elevated fire danger in the Southwest today
Above: map showing minimum relative humidity levels predicted for Saturday in the Western United States. Red Flag Warning areas are in Utah and Northern California. NWS.
The official Red Flag Warnings for Saturday only include portions of Utah and Northern California, but low humidities will be prevalent across most of the southwest one-quarter of the country. Generally, the winds will not be especially strong, which is probably what kept the Red Flag Warning areas from being larger than they are.
Very high to extreme fire danger levels are predicted for large portions of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as the lower elevations in Northern California.
Red Flag Warnings for Wednesday
Red Flag Warnings are in place across much of the West Wednesday and going into the weekend.
Increasingly gusty winds and single-digit relative humidities are forecast Wednesday and Thursday across much of the West, spurring a series of Red Flag Warnings.
The warnings affect swaths of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona. Any wildfire starts could spread rapidly, the National Weather Service says.
Conditions could hinder some of the progress crews have made on the Pawnee Fire burning since Saturday in the Lake County hills northwest of Sacramento, California.
Wildfire concerns going into the weekend before July Fourth have already put a damper on some fireworks celebrations. Flagstaff, Arizona, has canceled their planned display, as have a number of other smaller cities across the state.
Red Flag Warnings, May 18, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
The map was current at 6:38 a.m. MDT on Friday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.
Red Flag Warnings, May 13, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
The map was current at 5:12 a.m. MDT on Sunday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.
Red Flag Warnings in 9 states May 11, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Hampshire, and Maine.
The map was current at 6:20 a.m. MDT on Friday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.
The NWS is not predicting Red Flag Conditions in Utah. On Thursday officials on the Fish Lake National Forest in southern Utah conducted a 150-acre prescribed fire (see below).
Ignitions on #SouthMonroeRx went well today. #FishlakeNF reports an estimated 150 acres burned. No ignitions planned for tomorrow (5/11). Personnel will be onsite tomorrow to monitor the project throughout the day. pic.twitter.com/VIaCSjf3Ey
— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) May 11, 2018
Red Flag Warnings, May 2, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
The map was current at 8:15 a.m. MDT on Wednesday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.
Red Flag Warnings in 11 states, April 30, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
The Red Flag Warning map was current at 8:50 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.
Red Flag Warnings in 10 states, April 29,2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa, Texas, and Wisconsin. Utah again miraculously avoids extreme fire weather.
The Red Flag Warning map was current at 11 a.m. MDT on Sunday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.
Red Flag Warnings, April 28, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and North Dakota. The Watch locations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado are for enhanced wildfire danger on Sunday.
The Red Flag Warning map was current at 7:30 a.m. MDT on Saturday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts.