Fire Weather Watch for Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County; Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
Impacts: Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning.
Official alert brief
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.
AFFECTED AREA
Fire Weather Zones 220, 223 and 224.
TIMING
For the Red Flag Warning, from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM MDT this evening. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.
WINDS
West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
As low as 6 percent.
IMPACTS
Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning.
Instructions
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.