Fire Weather Watch for Pima-South Central Pinal-Tohono Oodham Nation; Eastern Pima-Southeastern Pinal-Santa Cruz-Western Cochise; Southern Graham-Central and Eastern Cochise-Southern Greenlee-Lower Elevations of the San Carlos Apache Nation in Graham County +2 more
Impacts: Any fires that develop or are ongoing will have the potential to spread rapidly.
Official alert brief
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Fire Weather Watch for strong and gusty winds, low relative humidity, and high to very high fire danger, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Sunday evening.
AFFECTED AREA
Fire Weather Zones 150, 151, 152, 153 and 154.
TIMING
From 10 AM MST Saturday through 8 PM MST Sunday.
WINDS
Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 40 mph.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
8 to 15 percent.
IMPACTS
Any fires that develop or are ongoing will have the potential to spread rapidly.
Instructions
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of the Fire Weather Watch for portions of Southeast Arizona.