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11:11am

Tue May 15, 2012
Wildfires

Hewlett Fire: Day 2 & 3 Updates

Editor's Note: The Hewlett Fire was reported on Monday 05/14/12 on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest. The updates collected here are from Tuesday (5/15) and Wednesday (5/16) of the fire. Our coverage from the first day of the fire is archived in this post.

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10:55am

Tue May 15, 2012
The Two-Way

Aletta Becomes Western Hemisphere's First Tropical Storm Of 2012

Credit NOAA

Aletta — a modest tropical storm spinning of the western coast of Mexico with 40 mph winds — is already special because of two reasons: It the first tropical storm in the Western Hemisphere and it has now broken a 41-day streak in which Earth did not see a cyclone.

Jeff Masters at Weather Underground provides a little more detail:

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2:33pm

Mon May 14, 2012
Wildfires

Hewlett Fire Northwest Of Fort Collins, Day 1 Updates

Credit Jim Hill / KUNC

Editor's Note: The Hewlett Fire was reported on Monday 05/14/12 on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest. The updates collected here are from Monday (05/14) and a few from Tuesday (5/15). You can find our updates on the fire from 5/15 and 5/16 archived in this post.

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12:43pm

Mon May 14, 2012

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