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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
925 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...
RH/S BELOW 10 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND VAN HORN
AREA...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY CAUSING
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WHILE ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES DROP MINIMUM RH/S INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.

NMZ114-115-TXZ045>047-050>052-057>059-258-191430-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130519T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0027.130519T1900Z-130520T0100Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-
MARTIN-HOWARD-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
925 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 /825 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN
AREA AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...

* 20 FT WIND....IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH.
                IN THE LOWLANDS... SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY......5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

* IMPACTS.......ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
                OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.  LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

TXZ048-053-060>063-067-068-191430-
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0027.130519T1900Z-130520T0100Z/
SCURRY-MITCHELL-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-
925 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...

* 20 FT WIND....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY......5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

* IMPACTS.......ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
                OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.  LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)