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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Pueblo CO

1232 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026





COZ225-229-222245-

/O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0024.260323T1800Z-260324T0100Z/

Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet

Mountains/La Veta Pass-Huerfano County Including Walsenburg-

1232 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE

WEATHER ZONES 225 AND 229...



The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather

Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in

effect from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.



* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 225 and 229.



* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 14 percent.



* IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise 

  extreme caution with any outdoor burning.



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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