Earth Watch Report - Heat Wave
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| 12.06.2013 | Heat Wave | USA | State of Colorado, [Colorado-wide] |  |  |
Heat Wave in USA on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 04:49 (04:49 AM) UTC.
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| More weather records are being broken as a heat wave continues across Colorado. Denver and Pueblo broke high temperature records for the second straight day Tuesday, both before noon. Denver reached 96 and Pueblo hit 101 and the mercury is expected to keep climbing. The hottest weather is expected in parched southeastern Colorado, where it's expected to reach 109 in Lamar. The fire danger is high across much of the state because winds are expected to pick up, making it easy for fires to spread in the heat. Some small wildfires are already burning, including one sparked by lighting at Rocky Mountain National Park. Firefighters are also battling a small blaze in a training area at the Air Force Academy. It's not known how that fire started. No structures are threatened. |
Record heat fuels destructive fires in drought-baked Colorado
Destructive wildfires erupted in three locations in drought-baked Colorado on Tuesday, fanned by strong winds and the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the state so early in the year. The mercury soared to 100°F in Denver on Tuesday, their earliest 100° day on record (previous earliest 100° day: June 14, 2006, 102°.) It was the second consecutive day Denver recorded its hottest temperature for so early in the year. At Lamar in Southeast Colorado, the mercury soared to 111°, just one degree below their hottest temperature ever measured, and 3° shy of the all-time hottest temperature ever measured in Colorado, the 114° reading in Sedgwick on July 11, 1954. The most destructive fire in Colorado Tuesday was the Black Forest fire burning near Colorado Springs. The fire destroyed over 60 buildings and forced the evacuation of several thousand people. The fire was aided by nearly ideal conditions on Tuesday afternoon--Colorado Springs hit 97° (only the 2nd time the city has been that hot this early in the year), with sustained winds of 29 mph gusting to 36 mph, and a humidity of 4%. Colorado Springs is under extreme drought.
Figure 3. Severe weather outlook for Wednesday.
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