Fire Weather Watch Updated
From
Curry County
Sent
Sat, Mar 14 @ 1:49am
Description
Fire Weather Watch issued March 14 at 1:43AM MDT until March 15 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS, NORTHEAST PLAINS, AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 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 TO SEVERE WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITY...
.Critical fire weather conditions will impact much of central and
northern NM through the weekend, particularly on Sunday. For
today, westerly winds will increase areawide, but will start
earlier and linger longer across the central to northeastern
highlands and into the northeastern plains of New Mexico.
On Sunday, much more widespread critical fire weather will
develop. Winds will turn very strong to potentially damaging as
both a Pacific and backdoor cold front pass through the area on
Sunday. With gusts between 40 and 65 mph and single digit
humidity values in many areas, critical to extreme fire weather
conditions are likely despite cooling temperatures.
* 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 5 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.
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