280 FLUS45 KPUB 172252 AAA HWOPUB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 452 PM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-182300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 452 PM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CRITICIAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 7 PM MDT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...AND ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY...WILL ALLOW FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE AFTER 7 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES MAY CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY EVENING...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT TERRAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS AS WINDS WILL PICK UP AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. $$