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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY 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...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE...

.GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
RETURN SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND FROM THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH WILL CROSS MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ106>108-191400-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0019.130520T1800Z-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-
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EASTERN PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE RIO
  GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH SUNSET SUNDAY
  AND AGAIN MONDAY.

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

&&

$$

NMZ103-104-191400-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
/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-
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.

* 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.

&&

$$

NMZ109-190415-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING AND ARE
NOT FORECAST TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT.

$$