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FIRE WEATHER WATCH |
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED MARCH 12 AT 12:50PM MDT UNTIL MARCH 14 AT 10:00PM MDT
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TODAY EAST OF THECENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING FRIDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM FOR WEST
CENTRAL NM, NORTHERN NM, SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS, AND CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.BRISK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, A LEE-SIDE SURFACE TROUGH, SINGLE
DIGIT HUMIDITIES, AND AMPLE ATMOSPHERIC MIXING WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES 8 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE 1991-2020 AVERAGES WILL CAUSE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE EAST OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL
WEAKEN MOST PLACES ON FRIDAY, BUT THEY WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH
FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL THEN BECOME MORE EXTREME AND
WIDESPREAD THIS WEEKEND AS A SHARP TROUGH CROSSING THE NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL ROCKIES STEERS A STRONG JETSTREAM OVER NEW MEXICO WITH
A POTENT SURFACE TROUGH IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AREA AND TIMING...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (ZONE 125) FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING, THURSDAY
FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM, AND ON SATURDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH TODAY AND FRIDAY, THEN UP TO 55 MPH SATURDAY WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS SATURDAY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES TODAY BETWEEN 10 AND 13
PERCENT, THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. ON SATURDAY, 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. |
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