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SEVERERed Flag Warning

Red Flag Warning issued June 10 at 12:18AM MDT until June 10 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; Logan County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County

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* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 248, 250 and 251. * TIMING...From noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, strongest near the Wyoming border. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.

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A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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northern forest · Colorado

Weather field guide

Denver

Night weather settling over the northern forest.

The visual day has gone quiet; temperature, wind, insects, and edge movement become the living signals.

59°

clear

High: 89°
Low: 54°
Feels: 55°
Last updated: Updated 3:30 AM

Today's field briefRed Flag

Walking gets the cleanest opening.

9a is the cleanest weather window. Red Flag Warning issued June 10 at 12:18AM MDT until June 10 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Denver CO Watch temperature, insects, and edge movement more than color or distant views.

Best outside

71° with 0% rain risk

Weather risk

Red Flag

Red Flag Warning issued June 10 at 12:18AM MDT until June 10 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

Nature cue

After-dark signal

Watch temperature, insects, and edge movement more than color or distant views.

Do first

Walking

The next 24pine shadow

Ten dayscold breath

Ten small weather plates: rain signal, sky language, and the temperature span the landscape will move through.

Today
Jun 10
Clear
89°Dry
54° low

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In the area

Life nearby

northern forest

Night ecology

After dark, the weather matters less like a forecast and more like a veil. Mammals and insects become the likely actors nearby.

pine shadowcold breathforest edgenight glassedge movementlow signallow light

Regional iNaturalist observations within roughly 50 km. Exact wildlife locations are intentionally not shown.

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“The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the central portion of the U.S.”

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Plants
Showy Milkweed
iNaturalist regional observations

Plants
Great Plains Yucca
iNaturalist regional observations

Plants
Chokecherry
iNaturalist regional observations

Wildlife coming up

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

iNaturalist regional observations

Animal field note

Mule Deer keeps its own schedule.

Mammals tend to shift around heat, rain, and human noise, turning dawn, dusk, shade, and cover into the real local calendar.

Regional iNaturalist observations within roughly 50 km; exact public wildlife locations are not shown. Field-note copy is curated from taxon group, current weather, and regional observation context.

Also nearby

Red-tailed Hawk

Mammals & bears

fur + tracks

Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
iNaturalist regional observations
5,362 obs in the regional sample
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus
iNaturalist regional observations
4,412 obs in the regional sample
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
iNaturalist regional observations

Opening the weather.

Denver

Walking gets the cleanest opening.

Walking

Night ecology

Mule Deer

Photography

Forest trail

What the weather is doing now.

Walking

Night ecology

Mule Deer