URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
339 AM MST FRI FEB 14 2014
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...LOWER/MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT
SNOWPACK EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY...
.A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EVENT IS SHAPING UP ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FOR SUNDAY. THE AIRMASS WILL BE
QUITE DRY THANKS TO EFFECTS FROM A MID LEVEL DRY INTRUSION AND
DEEP MIXING AS HIGH TEMPERATURES SOAR TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL OR NEAR
RECORD. HAINES VALUES SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 5 TO 6. CRITICAL
CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
339 AM MST FRI FEB 14 2014
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* AREA AND TIMING...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP SATURDAY AROUND MIDDAY AND DIMINISH BY SUNSET. CRITICAL
CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...WESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35
TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 7 TO 13 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
