November 2024
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2024
0315L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 11/3/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’re NOT PREPARED without it. Our daily posts are located under the GCEM Blog icon on the app. *We had a lot of rainfall on Saturday. I had 2.5 inches and many of you put your totals on my last post. Thank you. That helps since we are between the Mesonet sites. There were others that were just over 3 inches. Amazing [...]
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2024
0330L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 11/2/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’re NOT PREPARED without it. Our daily posts are located under the GCEM Blog icon on the app. *RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST! That said, depending on which model run you look at, we could see 2 to 6 inches through Monday. Right now, the NWS has a graphic out showing our area at 4 to 6 inches. This has changed several [...]
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
0335L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 11/1/24 *Another nice day before the skies open back up giving us much more needed rainfall. We could see as much as 2 inches over the weekend but depending on storm track, there could be more or less. We’ll have to wait and see for sure. Either way, it was nice to see CLEAR conditions yesterday and so we should experience nearly the same thing today. The only thing [...]
October 2024
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2024
0300L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/31/24 *IT RAINED!! Thank you to all of you that gave us your rain totals. It varied around the county and beyond. It was also nice walking out of the building at work not breathing dust and smoke but actually clean renewed air. The rain will help keep the dust down now for a while and additional rainfall late Friday through the weekend will continue to keep the fire [...]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30, 2024
0320L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/30/24 *SLIGHT RISK for severe weather later this afternoon. If timing works out and we do see the storms, winds 60 to 80 mph, golf ball size hail, and a low tornado risk will be our main threats. Timing appears to be late afternoon into the early evening hours. We’ll watch and advise. *The higher fire risk will be out west today as a dry-line works its way across [...]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2024
0320L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/29/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’re NOT PREPARED without it. Our daily posts are located under the GCEM Blog icon on the app. *WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOW UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NO BURNING OF ANY KIND IS ASKED OF ALL FOLKS ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS. YESTERDAY WAS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE [...]
MONDAY OCTOBER 28, 2024
0320L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/28/24 *RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL 8PM. WINDS 20-30 GUSTING TO 45 MPH, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY-20%, Temps- UP TO 91. Any fire that develops will spread quickly. NO OUTDOOR BURNING TODAY and possibly tomorrow. *NOTICE- In the event fires do occur and they are moving towards housing additions or businesses, a FIRE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AND POSSIBLY EVACUATIONS. On the evacuation part, monitor our [...]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2024
0320L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/27/24 *Sunny today with winds shifting from the northeast to the southeast. Winds will increase tonight and overnight bringing in a substantial increase for Monday. Secure any objects that could take flight as winds on Monday will be a bit stronger than last Thursday. *FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8PM on “Monday” For today, we continue to state that controlled burning is NOT ADVISED [...]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 2024
0305L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/26/24 Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’re NOT PREPARED without it. Our daily posts are located under the GCEM Blog icon on the app. *Today looks to be really nice with clear skies, light winds, and temps in the 70s. It’ll be that day of the week that you’ll want to be outdoors getting that fresher air before the winds return later on Sunday evening. Fire danger today [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 2024
0300L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/25/24 Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’re NOT PREPARED without it. *The cold front made it into the area but with no rainfall. Yesterday we saw the dirt flying north with those strong south winds. Today, we’ll see that dirt return to the south from the north with strong northerly winds gusting upwards of 25 mph. The highest wind gust in our area yesterday was 45mph at the [...]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2024
0310L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/24/24 Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’re NOT PREPARED without it. *We are in a RANGELAND FIRE DANGER area today. Fire probabilities are elevated to near- critical and with wind gusts expected upwards to 45 mph this afternoon, NO CONTROLLED BURNING IS REQUESTED. Any fire that is started will get out of control very quickly this afternoon. Warm temps, low humidity, strong winds, and very dry foliage are [...]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2024
0255L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/23/24 *A cold front is expected to move through today and so we’ll be a little cooler than yesterday. No precip is expected here so we’ll keep eating dust for a while. Winds may be a bit gusty out of the east this afternoon so use extreme caution if you work with anything related to fire. Those that did controlled burning yesterday need to drive those perimeters and make [...]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2024
0335L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/22/24 *The rain didn’t appear for us so we’ll just keep watering the yard. Areas to our west and northwest did see some rainfall so good for them. It will rain again here, sometime. We do have a dryline that will move through the area today and after it passes, we’ll warm up as dry air moves back in. Winds will be fairly light so try not to stir [...]
MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 2024
0305L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/21/24 *Thunderstorms are possible later today and/or tonight with a few possibly severe with golf ball size hail and winds to 60 mph as the main threats. This is due to an upper low that will move northeast through the panhandles. We’ll see how this actually affects us as the forecast verifies. *I will update this over the GARFIELD COUNTY EM app after a briefing this morning. You can [...]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20, 2024
0330L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/20/24 *Today will be another warm and mild day. Later this evening and overnight into Monday, we could actually see some shower activity and then on Monday there may be a timeframe for possibly some severe weather. Right now, not too worried about the severe weather, we just need some rain. Early estimates due to the forecast gives us rainfall to ¼ of an inch and more if we [...]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 19, 2024
0315L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/19/24 *Warm with light winds is on the menu today. There may be some high cloudiness but it shouldn’t affect our temperature. Rain is still in our forecast for Sunday night into Monday and it appears we MIGHT actually see some rainfall. How much is still to be determined but as I always state, don’t hold your breath and we’ll see what happens. *Overall, we’ll be ok. Here’s your [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 2024
0300L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/18/24 *Windy and mostly sunny today. With winds forecast to gust upwards of 25-30 mph, the dirt and allergen’s will be flying around so be prepared for that. Humidity will be higher than yesterday but the fire danger still remains elevated somewhat. *There should be some moisture return as an upper low tracks eastward over the weekend bringing in gulf moisture. It’s been awhile since that has occurred. Our [...]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 17, 2024
0325L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/17/24 *The attached map shows the state and the drought conditions. We are under extreme and severe drought conditions at this time. Technically, it’s extreme or worse in most areas here in the county. The Fire Danger is ELEVATED and will remain this way through the weekend. Wind gusts will average around 30-35 mph today and Friday and around 25 mph over the weekend. We will ask that CONTROLLED [...]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2024
0310L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/16/24 *FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT NOW THROUGH 0800L THIS MORNING *As stated above, a FREEZE WARNING in effect until 8am this morning. The Fire Danger will still be elevated in the area so be very careful. Weather-wise, a nice cool, mostly clear day is in store so get outside and enjoy. Rain chances for this weekend are slowly dwindling so we’ll see what happens in a few days. *Overall, [...]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2024
0330L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/15/24 *FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 0100L THROUGH 0800L WEDNESDAY MORNING *As stated above, a FREEZE WARNING will be in effect from 1am until 8am tomorrow morning. We’ll have another cold front pushing in today bringing with it colder air and strong winds 15-25 mph gusting upwards of 35mph or so. This will intensify any fire that gets started so if anyone did any controlled burning yesterday, patrol that [...]
