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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
741 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING SATURDAY 11AM MDT TO 9PM MDT WEST CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS/LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING
FOR THE LOWER/MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW
HUMIDITY...

.AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF ARIZONA INTO NEW
MEXICO SATURDAY WILL RETURN GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES...AND DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM EXPANDS
COVERAGE OVER NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL
DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN WITH CONTINUED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND FROM THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ103-181400-
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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
741 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS FAVORING THE AFTERNOON
  HOURS UNTIL SUNSET SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GUSTS UP
  TO 40 MPH SATURDAY...THEN UP TO 45 MPH SUNDAY. EXPECT STRONGEST
  GUSTS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY
  BETWEEN 6 AND 13 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS ALONG AND
  EAST OF I- 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 RED FLAG WARNING.

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

&&

$$

NMZ105-180245-
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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
741 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

LOCAL GUSTS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER IN SPOTS THROUGH MID EVENING. WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AS HUMIDITIES RECOVER ABOVE 20 PCT
THROUGH LATE EVENING.

$$

NMZ104-106>108-181400-
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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
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-
741 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EASTERN PLAINS FAVORING THE AFTERNOON
  HOURS UNTIL SUNSET SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
  MPH SATURDAY. WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SUNDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY
  BETWEEN 6 AND 10 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.

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

&&

$$

NMZ109-181400-
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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
741 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY.

* AREA AND TIMING...WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FAVORING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY FROM
  10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* 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.

&&

$$

SHY