On Monday at 1:11 p.m. an updated fire weather watch was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Thursday between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. for Colorado.

Winds are expected to be Wednesday, west 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph, Thursday, west winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph and relative humidity 5 to 10%.

“Extreme fire danger is expected. Fires will uncontrollably spread and be very destructive,” explains the NWS.

The full list of affected locations includes:

• Teller County/Rampart Range including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

• Fremont County including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek

• 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

• Crowley County including Ordway

• Otero County including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands

• Eastern Las Animas County including Pinon Canyon

• Kiowa County including Eads

• Bent County including Las Animas

According to the NWS, a fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.

Source: The National Weather Service