Fire Weather Watch Updated
From
Curry County
Sent
Sun, Feb 8 @ 12:59pm
Description
Fire Weather Watch issued February 8 at 12:50PM MST until February 9 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Albuquerque NM
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO STRONG WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.West to southwest winds will increase during the day Monday as
relative humidity values fall below 15 percent. High temperatures
will also be 15 to 20 degrees above normal. This will increase
the potential for critical fire weather conditions and risk for
rapid fire spread.
* AREA AND TIMING...This includes much of northeastern and east
central New Mexico (Fire Weather Zones 104, 123, 125, and 126)
with the greatest area of concern focused in San Miguel,
Guadalupe, Quay, and Curry counties. The watch is in effect
from 11 AM through 6 PM MST Monday.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...Sustained from the west and southwest at 20 to
30 mph with occasional gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Falling to 7 to 13 percent in the late
afternoon Monday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the
field of this Fire Weather Watch.
This notification was posted by Curry County. Curry County is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
