Fire Weather Watch Issued
From
Curry County
Sent
Fri, Mar 13 @ 12:29pm
Description
Fire Weather Watch issued March 13 at 12:22PM MDT until March 15 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING SATURDAY FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS, NORTHEAST PLAINS, AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE
TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY FROM 3 PM UNTIL 8 PM FOR WESTERN
NM, NORTH CENTRAL NM AND THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS DUE TO
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM
FROM 9 AM THROUGH 8 PM DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.Critical fire weather conditions will impact much of central and
northern NM through the weekend. Critical fire weather conditions
will persist across the Central Highlands today where gusty
northwest winds have already developed. On Saturday, westerly
winds will increase areawide, but will start earlier and linger
longer across eastern NM. Therefore, long duration critical fire
weather conditions are expected across much of eastern NM on
Saturday, while a more focused period of critical fire weather
conditions are possible from mid afternoon through early evening
elsewhere. Very strong to damaging winds will develop early on
Sunday and persist through the afternoon as both a Pacific and
backdoor cold front press through the area. With gusts between 50
and 70 mph and single digit humidity values in many areas,
critical to extreme fire weather conditions are likely despite
cooling temperatures.
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Fire
Weather Watch...which is in effect from Sunday morning through
Sunday evening.
* AREA AND TIMING...Middle Rio Grande Valley (Zone 106) and East
Central Plains (Zone 126) from 9 AM through 8 PM Sunday.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...Northwest 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph
across the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Similar speeds across the
East Central Plains from the north.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values between 6 and 13 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly and
will be hard to control. Long range spotting and extreme fire
behavior will be possible. Outdoor burning should not be done.
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.
