Sévère Incendie

Fire Weather Watch issued April 20 at 1:11PM MDT until April 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

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; Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs; Pueblo County Including Pueblo; Huerfano County Including Walsenburg; Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher; Crowley County Including Ordway; Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands; Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon; Kiowa County Including Eads; Bent County Including Las Animas Source: NOAA / NWS

Détails

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 221, 222, 224, 225, 226,
227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234 and 235.

* TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, from 10 AM Wednesday to
midnight MDT Wednesday night. For the Fire Weather Watch, from
Thursday morning through Thursday evening.

* WINDS...Wednesday, west 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph,
Thursday, west winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 to 10 percent.

* IMPACTS...Extreme fire danger is expected. Fires will
uncontrollably spread and be very destructive.

Recommandations

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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