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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
247 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR
THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...NORTHWEST PLATEAU...LOWER/MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK
EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WEST WINDS AND VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS...

.DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AND WITH
TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...SEVERAL HOURS
OF WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CRITICAL
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NM AND THEN SPREAD TO LOWER ELEVATIONS BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. FIRE DANGER IS FORECAST TO BE HIGH THOUGH HAINES VALUES
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED FIVE.

NMZ101-103>109-182300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0008.140219T1900Z-140220T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101
NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
247 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO AROUND MID DAY WEDNESDAY... EXPANDING TO LOWER
ELEVATIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 TO 45
MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 4 AND 9 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.