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WWUS85 KABQ 200951
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
351 AM MDT MON MAY 20 2013

...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...

.A FAST MOVING UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE WILL SWEEP FROM
NORTHERN ARIZONA ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AS LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. WEST WINDS INCREASING
THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS COMBINED WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN...AND OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS TO THE TEXAS LINE.

NMZ106>108-210200-
/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-
351 AM MDT MON MAY 20 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

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

* AREA AND TIMING...RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL
  MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS TO THE TEXAS LINE. DANGEROUS FIRE
  WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING SHORTLY AFTER NOON WILL CONTINUE
  INTO EARLY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL EASE BY MID EVENING AS
  HUMIDITIES RISE TO NEAR 20 PCT.

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

* 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.

&&

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