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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
823 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FROM 10AM MDT TO 9PM MDT FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY FROM NOON MDT TO 8 PM MDT FOR THE
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE DUE TO
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
AND FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE.
ANOTHER MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE
STATE MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT SIGNIFICANT...CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST
TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ106>108-200300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.130520T1800Z-130521T0200Z/
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-
823 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT
MONDAY.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE
  RIO GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TIL MID EVENING
  TODAY AND THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING MONDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
  THIS AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY
  BETWEEN 5 AND 12 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTH AND
  EAST.

* 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 RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ103-104-200300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
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-
823 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY
  BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTHEAST.

* 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 RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$