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Red Flag Warning
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
320 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXCLUDING AREAS NEAR THE TEXAS
STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO EXCLUDING THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
AND INCREASE THE SURFACE WIND FLOW. AT THE SAME TIME...A MID LEVEL
DRY SLOT WILL MOVER OVER THE AREA AND EVENTUALLY MIX MUCH DRIER
AIR DOWN TO THE SURFACE. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS
COMBINED WITH LOW TO VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND TURBULENT MIXING WILL
LEAD TO WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND
OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS COULD BE FOUND ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA
ON THURSDAY AS THE FLOW ALOFT REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG.

NMZ101>103-105>107-109-191400-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0029.130619T1800Z-130620T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.130619T1800Z-130620T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0030.130620T1800Z-130621T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101
NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
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 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
320 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AREA AND TIMING...MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
  NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...NORTHERN AND
  MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU NOON THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OVER THE SAME AREAS
  POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND
  45 MPH. STRONGEST READINGS FOUND OVER THE HIGHEST RIDGES AND AREAS
  NEAR TO THE COLORADO/ARIZONA STATE LINES AS WELL AS TO THE LEE
  OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 3 TO 9 PCT WEDNESDAY
  AND 4 TO 15 PERCENT THURSDAY. LOWEST READINGS WEST.

* 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.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$

NMZ104-108-191400-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0029.130619T1800Z-130620T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.130619T1800Z-130620T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
320 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EASTERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING EXCLUDING AREAS NEAR THE TEXAS STATE LINE.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35
  AND 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 9 TO 15 PCT WITH
  LOWEST READINGS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONES.

* 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.

&&

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