October 2024
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 [...]
MONDAY OCTOBER 14, 2024
0300L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/14/24 *Cooler temps are here. High temps all week look to be in the 70s and overnight lows will average in the 50s. We may see lows in the 30s late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning as another front pushes colder air into the area. Other than this, we just need to pay attention to the Fire Danger. We are extremely dry as I have harped on lately so [...]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 13, 2024
0305L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/13/24 *COLD FRONT HAS ARRIVED. Temps will be in the low to mid 80s as cooler air filters in as the day progresses. Winds will increase 10-20 mph with higher gusts and the fire danger will be elevated. As you all are aware, we’re in an Extreme Drought now and with Dew Point temps in the upper 30s later today along with relative humidity in the low 20s, it [...]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 2024
0315L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/12/24 *One more hot day and then we turn on the air conditioner cooling things off. All we’ll need now is some rainfall but that looks bleak at least for the next several weeks. I hope I am wrong on the rain thing but we are definitely in an extreme drought situation. Use caution if utilizing anything related to fire. *Speaking of fire, we are expecting a cold front [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2024
0300L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/11/24 *Warm temps will continue with highs in the low 90s. Winds will be low around 5 to 10 mph. This said, we are now in an EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT surrounded by severe drought conditions. Use extreme caution while utilizing anything related to fire. The fire danger is elevated so if you see smoke or fire, call 911. Also, if you see any suspicious activity out in the county, call [...]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 2024
0305L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 10/10/24 *At 0245L there are a few showers in SW Oklahoma. Nothing major is expected. There is still a very slight chance we may see at least some virga which is: falling rain that evaporates before reaching the ground, around daybreak. We’ll see what happens. Other-wise, we expect another warm day with increasing winds. This Sunday, another front, this time a strong cold front will push in, dropping temps [...]
