Red Flag Warning Updated
From
Curry County
Sent
Sat, Mar 14 @ 11:44pm
Description
Red Flag Warning issued March 14 at 11:37PM MDT until March 15 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NM DUE TO STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.On Sunday, 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. 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...Northwest Plateau (Zone 101), West Central
Mountains (Zone 105), Middle Rio Grande Valley (Zone 106),
West Central Basin and Range (Zone 109), North Central
Mountains (Zone 120), Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama
River Valley (Zone 121), Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Zone
122), Sandia and Manzano Mountains (Zone 124), and East
Central Plains (Zone 126) on Sunday from 9 AM through 8 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...North northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts
between 45 and 65 mph Sunday.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values between 6 and 15 percent
with locally higher values across the peaks of the Tusas
Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
* 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 Red Flag Warning.
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.
