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Fire Weather Watch

Status

Event Continued Expired

Start Time

Sat 04/12/2025 12:00 PM EDT

End Time

Sat 04/12/2025 11:00 PM EDT

Significance

Watch

Impacts

Moderate impact

Locations Affected

Colorado Springs, CO ∙ Pueblo, CO ∙ Mesa Mountain, CO ∙ Poncha Springs, CO ∙ Palmer Lake, CO ∙ Midland, CO ∙ Pikeview, CO ∙ Vineland, CO ∙ Mount Oxford, CO ∙ Villa Grove, CO

Full Alert Message

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 257 AM MDT Fri Apr 11 2025 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220, 221, 223, 226, 227, 228, AND 231... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 223, 226, 227, 228 and 231. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

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COZ220-221-223-226>228-231-120100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0016.250412T1600Z-250413T0300Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Crowley County Including Ordway- 257 AM MDT Fri Apr 11 2025