Fire is estimated to be about one acre in size and slowly spreading. Winds are decreasing in the area and humidity is increasing. Hope that helps firefighters get a handle on this. #COwx

Wild Turkey Fire near Crisman (Boulder County) is prompting evacuations in the area highlighted below, via Watch Duty. #COwx

Wild Turkey Fire southeast of Gold Hill in Boulder County share.watchduty.org/i/72919?ts=1...

Fun fact: the Broncos haven't had a home kickoff temperature below 60° through 8 home games this season. Gotta be the first time on record that's happened. #COwx

Christmas night at Arrowhead is gonna feel like Christmas in south Florida. No complaints. #COwx

Denver (76°) was warmer today than: 🌴 New Orleans, LA (75°) 🌴 Jacksonville, FL (70°) 🌴 Las Vegas, NV (66°) 🌴 San Diego, CA (64°) #COwx

Aaaand it's officially Denver's hottest December day in 86 years. 76° so far in Denver. That's our average high on...May 27th. #COwx

75° at DIA right now = it's Denver's warmest December day since 1980. Tied-2nd warmest December day on record (warmest: 79°, 1939) (It's 76° both downtown and at Central Park) #COwx

Blustery in Boulder (again). Not nearly as bad as last week, but some 60+ gusts at the Mesa Lab. Looks closer to 40-50 mph in town. Wind will relax tonight. #COwx

Denver just broke its daily temp record, and it's not even noon. #COwx

Today is Denver's 12th day this month with 60°+ temps. Zero doubt we'll break the record for most 60°+ days on record in December on record (15 days, 1980). #COwx

It's 66° at 10a on Dec. 22 in Denver, Colorado. What a beautiful June morning. #COwx

Fire Weather Warning for the Front Range foothills/west metro area today. Worth noting winds will be considerably lower than last week's two big wind events (peak 50-60 mph). But it'll still be bone dry/warm...hence another don't-be-stupid alert. #COwx

🌡️ Record heat with a high in the low 70s (current record: 70°, 1955) and turning breezy this afternoon. 20-30 mph gusts, stronger west and south. Mostly sunny otherwise. 🌤️ A bit cooler (60s) tomorrow and staying dry all week, including Christmas. #COwx

Let’s go Broncos!!!!

Happy shortest day of the year, Colorado! Denver will have 9 hours, 24 mins, and 22 seconds of daylight today. Fort Collins: 9 hours, 19 mins Grand Junction: 9 hours, 28 mins Colorado Springs: 9 hours, 29 mins #COwx

🏈 Go Broncos! Warmer with mostly sunny skies and a high near 60° in Denver, more than 15° above average and continuing our Torchcember. Winds will be light today also. 🌡️ Record warmth likely tomorrow with a high in the low 70s, and no rain/snow chances this week. #COwx

Good news: Not seeing any major Front Range wind events in the next ~7 days. Will turn a bit blustery on both Monday and on Christmas Day, but nowhere near the levels of this past week. Hoping that helps ease fears of fire danger/more power cuts over the holidays. #COwx

Denver has a good chance of having its warmest Christmas on record this year. Thursday's high will be right around the current warmest Christmas record 69° (2005). At least the mountains will get some snow on Christmas Day! #COwx

🎶 I'm dreaming of a (record warm) Christmas 🎶 #COwx

8:43a: A few flurries around the west Denver metro area, but a brief bit of steadier snow north of Fort Collins, little/no accumulation from this. #COwx

Back door cold front just crashed through Denver, dropping temps 20° (53° to 33°) in just 45 minutes! #COwx

🌥️Cooler and windy today, with a high only in the mid-50s (still 10° above average), about 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. 30-40 mph winds today, relaxing tonight. Isolated PM rain shower, most stay dry. 🏈 Lighter winds and a bit warmer tomorrow, with a high near 60°. #COwx

Tough travel in the mountains tomorrow with a combo of snow + 50-60 mph winds. Glad to see some needed snow again in the mountains, though. #COwx

112 mph gust at the Mesa Lab (south Boulder) at 3p #COwx

Hope you packed your barf bags and patience if you're heading to DIA today #COwx

Now up to three separate spots with 100+ gusts in/near Boulder, two within the past hour. Again: It's considerably drier than Wednesday, and the wind started earlier (longer lasting wind event). Hence the extra concern today compared to Wednesday. #COwx

Far less important, but Denver just broke its daily record high today. 68°, probably heading to 70°+. #COwx

Reminder: Xcel has its own team of meteorologists that know their equipment. I/we (TV, NWS meteorologists) don't factor into their decision-making. #COwx

Why we're so concerned about today's fire conditions: Currently 66° with a 5° dewpoint at DIA (9% relative humidity). Similar readings around the metro area. It's bone dry...

Wind has arrived in Boulder: Mesa Lab in Boulder just gusted to 105 mph, Boulder airport (BDU) gusted to 73 mph. Woof. #COwx

Already a 100 mph gust above Boulder so far today...expect more this afternoon. #COwx

Denver/majority of the metro area: the worst of the wind will be tonight, but we won't catch the full brunt of it. Today's wind will be more concentrated in/near the foothills. #COwx

Boulder: peak winds between now and about sunset. An idea of what to expect today, though admittedly the exact timing of today's wind is a forecast challenge: #COwx

Colorado Springs airport is basically D terminal of DIA now because of diversions

Two extreme turbulence reports already at DIA this morning, a bunch of diversions, not much getting in/out right now...gonna be a rough go at the airport all day unfortunately. #COwx

Airport: look for general delays today, but DIA's winds will probably actually be worse tonight. Still, 20-40 mph gusts today will probably mean quite a few delays until then. #COwx

Latest modeling showing a very close call for Boulder/Golden/west metro/Fort Collins, with strongest winds right along/west of Hwy 93. Good news is areas east of there (including most of the Denver metro area) should escape the worst of today's winds, though it'll turn blustery tonight. #COwx

First "extreme" fire weather risk anywhere in Boulder County in over 3 years (4/22/2022). First extreme fire weather outlook anywhere in Colorado in over 20 months (4/6/2024). #COwx

Worst of the wind will be at the base of the foothills (Hwy 93/Boulder/Golden/Lyons) on west between now and 6p. 80-100+ mph gusts here. Most of the Denver metro area (esp east of I-25) won’t see much wind until after ~5p. 40-60 mph gusts tonight. #COwx

🌬️‼️ VERY high fire danger today! Record heat, 80-100+ mph winds, and a very dry airmass = BE SMART. Winds will be strongest until 6p. 80-100+ mph winds in Boulder/west metro, 40-50 mph peak gusts in Denver 12-6p. Still windy tomorrow and cooler but lower fire danger. #COwx

Record heat + 80 mph winds (west metro) + bone dry = very high fire danger. #COwx

Reminder: 85%+ of wildfires are human-caused. #COwx

Why we're extra concerned about tomorrow's Front Range fire threat: #COwx

This is the first "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning ever issued anywhere in the state of Colorado. #COwx

IMPORTANT: NWS Boulder just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Fire Weather Warning for Boulder, Hwy 93, and the Boulder + northern JeffCo foothills for tomorrow. Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry. This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point. #COwx

Currently 43° with a -4° dewpoint in Denver (Central Park). Notably drier than yesterday. Part of the reason for my increased concern for tomorrow's wind event, along with the potential for more concentrated stronger winds at the base of the foothills. #COwx

How strong were the Denver/Boulder winds last night? Looks like most topped out 50-60 mph around midnight. #COwx

Not thrilled to say this, but I'm probably a bit more concerned with tomorrow's Front Range fire danger compared to yesterday's. Please be smart tomorrow. It'll be much better this weekend. #COwx

Differences between tomorrow's wind event compared to yesterday's/this AM's: 1) Looks drier (not good) 2) A bit more concentrated in the foothills, though Boulder/Hwy 93 get it (but less Denver wind compared to last night) 3) Earlier: overnight tonight-sunset tomorrow #COwx