At 3:21 a.m. on Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued an updated fire weather watch valid for Thursday between noon and 9 p.m. for Upper Arkansas River Valley including Lake County and Chaffee County, Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede and San Luis Valley including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache.

Expect winds to be west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity as low as 13 percent.

“Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning,” describes the NWS.

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