🟠 Severe

Fire Weather Watch

Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument; Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache; Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass; 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

Fire Weather Watch issued June 18 at 12:33AM MDT until June 20 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

Alert Description

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232 and 233. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 to 10 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.

Safety Instructions

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

Time Information

Effective

Jun 20, 2026, 5:00 PM

Expires

Jun 18, 2026, 10:45 PM

Issued

Jun 18, 2026, 6:33 AM

Alert Details

Severity

Severe

Urgency

Future

Certainty

Possible

Issued By

NWS Pueblo CO

National Weather Service