🟠 Severe

Fire Weather Watch

Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County; 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; 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

Fire Weather Watch issued March 19 at 1:56PM MDT until March 21 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 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229 and 230. * TIMING...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 94. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning.

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

Mar 21, 2026, 5:00 PM

Expires

Mar 20, 2026, 12:00 PM

Issued

Mar 19, 2026, 7:56 PM

Alert Details

Severity

Severe

Urgency

Future

Certainty

Possible

Issued By

NWS Pueblo CO

National Weather Service