“We had a very, very good day at the fire, a very active day of repression,” Noel Livingston, the incident’s commander, told a news conference Saturday.
In Colorado, snow is expected to accompany hurricanes in early winter, said Trevor Denny, field services manager at Emergency Management from Fischer. “Certainly humidity can be brought in, fire spread can be reduced.”
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), hurricanes are set to become “a major help” in existing fire conditions in the state of Colorado.
NWS Denver said Saturday that “fire conditions will improve as winds decrease and humidity increases and snow increases.” Relative humidity is expected to rise to near record cold temperatures.
Higher humidity with heavy snowfall should act as a natural fire hydrant, said Tyler Mouldi of CNN Weather.
Despite the more positive weather outlook, fire officials say there are still some places facing fire hazards, including the Estes Park area.
So far, more than 190,000 acres have been gutted by the fires in the East, adding about 10,000 acres on Saturday, and between 4% and 5%, who also noted that the number would increase on Sunday after the winter storm passed. Is expected. .
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