Southwest wind gusts will peak up to 50 mph on Sunday, except for gusts around 60 mph in parts of the central mountain chain and eastern plains. The strong winds will produce areas of blowing dust at lower elevation, which may make driving hazardous.
Strong to damaging winds and low humidity values will create critical to locally extremely critical fire weather conditions on Sunday. The Red Flag Threat Index is a good way to quantify the severity of critical fire weather days.
Light rain showers, thunderstorms, and mountain snow will continue today, then continue through tonight near the Colorado border. Stronger storms will produce more wind than rain with localized, brief, and erratic gusts up to 60 mph possible, as well as blowing dust.
One less spark, one less wildfire. Dry and windy conditions are expected through the weekend. Make sure to properly discard cigarettes, don't park on dry grass, and follow all fire restrictions.
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