Fire Weather Watch Updated
From
Curry County
Sent
Mon, Feb 23 @ 1:30am
Description
Fire Weather Watch issued February 23 at 1:23AM MST until February 24 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Albuquerque NM
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR
THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS, NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.West winds will strengthen in eastern New Mexico on Tuesday. The
strongest wind gusts, 40 to 50 mph, will be along the I-40
corridor from Clines Corners to the Texas border. These gusty west
winds combined with well above normal temperatures and minimum
relative humidity values between 7 and 14 percent will result in
several hours of critical fire weather conditions across the
Northeast and Central Highlands and Northeast and East Central
Plains during the midday and afternoon hours, especially across
the I-40 corridor in eastern New Mexico and the I-25 corridor from
Las Vegas to Springer.
* AREA AND TIMING...Northeast Plains (Zone 104), Northeast
Highlands (Zone 123), Central Highlands (Zone 125), and East
Central Plains (Zone 126) Tuesday from 10 AM to 6 PM MST.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...West winds 20 to 35 mph with peak gusts of 35
to 50 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity values between 7
and 14 percent.
* 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.
