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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AREA AND TIMING...MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO THE ARIZONA STATE LINE. THIS WOULD EXCLUDE THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN AREAS THAT
EITHER HAS SNOWPACK OR HAS RESIDUAL WETNESS FROM MELTING SNOW.
CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDILY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND PEAK LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS RANGING BETWEEN 6 TO 11 PERCENT ACROSS THE LOWLANDS AND 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

Instructions:

OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED