The incoming fire weather is coinciding with extremely dry conditions all across the southwest United States. cowx
May 9, 2022 at 6:06 a.m.
Unfortunately, you read that title right: Fire danger is expected to stay high for several days in a row this week across Colorado. This is coming off the most active April ever in terms of fire danger and is also coming off a weekend where fire danger was high. High fire danger has two main ingredients: low humidity and wind. Most annoyingly to many, the wind will be back at high levels for a while.
The incoming fire weather is coinciding with extremely dry conditions all across the southwest United States. Take a look at the weather alerts that were in place Sunday evening; most of these alerts continue into the work week.As you can tell, there is a huge area of the southwestern U.S. that is being impacted by high winds and low humidity, which in turn makes heightened fire conditions.
There has been such little moisture around the Four Corners area in southwestern Colorado that the wind is picking up loads of dust and transporting it across state lines. That same wind is what is bringing heavy smoke to areas of Colorado, too.⚠ Fires in NM are bringing smoke into the southwestern portions of the state.You can see the progression on satellite.
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