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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
328 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS BORDERING COLORADO AND ARIZONA AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.THE WIND FLOW WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY AND PRODUCE BREEZY TO
LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU
AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. SIMILARLY...STRONGER WIND FLOWS ARE
ANTICIPATED ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN PECOS TO WAGON MOUND. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND BE
ACCOMPANIED WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY 5 TO 10 DEGREES AND
VERY LOW HUMIDITY.

NMZ101-103-105-221400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0020.130523T1900Z-130524T0200Z/
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 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
328 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

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

* AREA AND TIMING...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...NORTHWEST
  HIGHLANDS NEAR THE ARIZONA AND COLORADO STATE LINES AS WELL AS
  ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN PECOS TO WAGON MOUND WITHIN THE NORTHEAST
  HIGHLANDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY BETWEEN 5 TO 8 PERCENT WEST
  AND 7 TO 14 PERCENT ALONG INTERSTATE 25.

* 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.

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