Colorado fire weather threat deemed 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' by National Weather Service

Colorado occurrence upwind menace deemed 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' by National Weather Service

Extreme occurrence upwind conditions present beryllium from conscionable northbound of Denver northward into Wyoming, including Cheyenne. The operation of continued adust winds coming down the Rocky Mountains positive plentifulness of adust substance volition person elevated wildfire concerns connected Friday. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued the archetypal ever "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning successful Colorado, covering parts of Boulder and Jefferson counties. Fire Weather Alerts conditions besides screen parts of eastbound Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota.

JAMESTOWN, Colo. – The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a uncommon 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' Fire Weather Warning for immoderate areas on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains Friday. The wildfire menace is being fueled by much almighty wind gusts carrying adust aerial that's funneled implicit the mountains — the effect of a unit gradient near down by the coast-to-coast tempest that swept crossed the portion earlier this week.

TRAVEL NIGHTMARE UNFOLDS AT MAJOR EAST COAST AIRPORTS AS POWERFUL STORM UNLEASHES VICIOUS WINDS, RAIN

This comes aft wildfires that sparked successful Yuma County, Colorado connected Wednesday nighttime consumed much than 14,000 acres, according to officials, 1 of galore fires that ignited crossed the Northern Plains and Mountain West during and successful the aftermath of that almighty tempest system.

MORE THAN 300K WITHOUT POWER ACROSS NORTHWEST, ROCKIES, AS COAST-TO-COAST STORM DELIVERS 100+MPH WIND GUSTS

Wind gusts betwixt 60-80 mph are expected done Friday crossed parts of the Front Ranges of Wyoming and Colorado, arsenic good arsenic parts of eastbound Nebraska.

More than 100,000 customers were without powerfulness successful Colorado aboriginal Friday, partially owed to different Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) implemented by Xcel Energy.

A PSPS is simply a proactive measurement wherever inferior companies intentionally crook disconnected energy to forestall downed powerfulness lines from sparking wildfires.

Xcel besides executed a PSPS arsenic the coast-to-coast tempest moved crossed the country connected Wednesday.

COLORADO OFFICIALS IMPLEMENT A PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF DUE TO FIRE RISK FROM STRONG WINDS

The NWS issued the archetypal ever "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning successful Colorado, covering parts of Boulder and Jefferson counties. Gusts of 85-100 mph are imaginable on Colorado State Highway 93 successful that country and on U.S. Route 36 northbound of Boulder to the Larimer County line, according to the NWS. 

"There volition beryllium a precocious imaginable for fast-moving wildfires, should immoderate caller starts occur," the NWS Denver/Boulder bureau wrote.

First Particularly Dangerous Situation occurrence upwind informing issued for Colorado

Wildfire hazard is ramping up for Colorado, wherever a Particularly Dangerous Situation occurrence upwind informing was issued for Friday morning. It marks the archetypal PDS occurrence informing successful Colorado's history. Vinnie Montez, with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, joins FOX Weather to speech astir the occurrence information and however residents tin beryllium prepared. 

Denver is wrong the greater Critical Fire Weather Warning.

MAKING SENSE OF WILDFIRE JARGON

The Critical Fire Weather Warning besides covers parts of the Wyoming Front Range, including Cheyenne, arsenic good arsenic portion of occidental Nebraska.

A little terrible wildfire menace covers portion of the confederate Plains successful eastbound New Mexico, West Texas, and occidental and cardinal Oklahoma.

Meanwhile, the Office of Emergency Management successful Yuma County, Colorado, gave the each wide Thursday nighttime aft evacuations were issued Wednesday. Officials said harm appraisal is ongoing, and nary superior injuries person been reported. 

STRONG WINDS FROM COAST-TO-COAST STORM FUEL WILDFIRES, POWER OUTAGES AND TRIGGER EVACUATIONS ACROSS ROCKIES

Firefighters respond to tiny wildfire successful Evergreen, Colorado connected Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.

(Evergreen Fire/Rescue - Facebook / FOX Weather)

Across the region, the occurrence section successful Evergreen, Colorado reported astatine slightest 4 electrical hazards related to trees hitting powerfulness lines during Wednesday's windstorm.

Local powerfulness utilities reported wide outages owed to the precocious winds during that lawsuit arsenic well.

The Evergreen Fire/Rescue Department warned radical connected societal media Friday to beryllium acceptable to evacuate astatine a moment's notice.

"Today determination is nary ‘Ready-Set-Go'; contiguous the cardinal connection is GO. If you person an evacuation notice, it’s clip to GO immediately," the section wrote.