Latest Forecast: Fire Danger Gets Worse

By Dave Aguilera
DENVER (CBS4) – We have a broad , flat high pressure ridge on the weather map from Colorado to the Gulf Coast. This ridge and an approaching cold front and jet stream is helping to push in strong southwesterly winds in for the first weekend of March.
As a result, a dangerous combination of warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, low relative humidity and very dry grasses and shrubs is boosting the Fire Danger across eastern Colorado. There is a Red Flag Warning for Sun