Red Flag Warning Updated
From
Curry County
Sent
Sun, Mar 15 @ 6:50am
Description
Red Flag Warning issued March 15 at 6:40AM 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 EXTREMELY LOW
HUMIDITY...
.Widespread critical fire weather will develop today. 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), Northeast Plains
(Zone 104), 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), Northeast Highlands (Zone 123), Sandia and Manzano
Mountains (Zone 124), Central Highlands (Zone 125), and East
Central Plains (Zone 126) today from 9 AM through 8 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...North northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts
between 45 and 65 mph today.
* 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...Outdoor burning is discouraged. Any fires that develop
will likely spread rapidly and will be hard to control. Long
range spotting and extreme fire behavior will be possible.
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.
