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Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 224 PM CDT Fri Mar 21 2025 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR 20FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN, AND CULBERSON COUNTY... NMZ116>119-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-270>273-220900- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0011.250322T1800Z-250323T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Gaines-Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard- Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-Ector-Midland-Glasscock- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Eastern Culberson- 224 PM CDT Fri Mar 21 2025 /124 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING FOR 20FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN, AND CULBERSON COUNTY... * WINDS...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * RFTI...4 to 5 or near critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Extinguish smoking material in vehicles. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. * SEVERITY... FUELS (ERC)...90th+ percentile...5 (out of 5). WEATHER...Near Critical...2 (out of 5). FIRE ENVIRONMENT...7 (out of 10). 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. && $$