Severe Wildfire

Fire Weather Watch issued April 14 at 12:07AM MDT until April 16 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County; Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument; Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache; Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass; Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest Source: NOAA / NWS

Details

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather
Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity|, which is in
effect from Thursday morning through Thursday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 222, 224, 225 and
226.

* TIMING...From Thursday morning through Thursday evening.

* WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent.

* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch
and spread rapidly and erratically.

Recommendations

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.