Denver included in areas expecting high fire danger on Wednesday
Warm, windy, and dry weather for Wednesday afternoon has prompted the First Alert Weather Team to call a First Alert Weather Day for Wednesday.
The Denver metro area is among several areas under Red Flag Warnings on Wednesday afternoon.
Relative humidity will drop to roughly 10-15%, while winds are forecast to gust as high as 45 mph at times this afternoon.
High temperatures will again climb to above-average levels, reaching the low to mid-70s across the Front Range.
The warm weather pattern carries us into the weekend.
The ridge of high pressure responsible for our above-average warmth and dry weather will intensify going into the weekend.
Friday and Saturday will be the warmest days of the week. We could see record-breaking heat with temperatures rising into the 80s.