Latest Forecast: Warmth And Wind Push Up Fire Danger

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 jet stream is helping to push in strong southwesterly winds in for the first weekend of March.
As a result, the triple whammy of warm temperatures, strong gusty winds and low relative humidity is boosting the Fire Danger across eastern Colorado. There is a Red Flag Warning from the southern Front Range Foothills across parts of northe