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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Pueblo CO

346 AM MDT Wed Apr 10 2024





COZ224-228>230-233-237-110200-

/O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0016.240412T1800Z-240413T0200Z/

San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache-

Pueblo County Including Pueblo-

Huerfano County Including Walsenburg-

Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher-

Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon-

Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands-

346 AM MDT Wed Apr 10 2024



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

FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE

WEATHER ZONES 224, 228, 229, 230, 233, AND 237...



The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather

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

effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening.



* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 224, 228, 229, 230, 233 and 

  237.



* Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.



* Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent.



* Impacts...Conditions may be favorable for rapid rates of fire 

  growth and spread.



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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