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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1248 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE DESERT LOWLANDS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND ALL OF FAR WEST TEXAS FOR
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND
MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...

.A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL RESULT
IN CONTINUED ENHANCED SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER NEW MEXICO. A
STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS
WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO LOWLANDS FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH
ALSO LIKELY OVER EXPOSED AREAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TEENS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOWER VALUES
IN LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE AREAS. FIRE DANGER OF HIGH OR GREATER IS
EXPECTED OVER ALL THE WARNED AREAS.

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SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS-
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO-
HUDSPETH-
1248 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
AND FAR WEST TEXAS IS CANCELLED FOR SATURDAY. LATEST FORECAST
CONSENSUS IS SHOWING THAT WINDS WILL BE MARGINAL AND MOSTLY JUST
BELOW THRESHOLDS ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IN
THE THE LOWER AND MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE RH
LEVELS ABOVE 15% IN MOST AREAS. EVEN THOUGH AN ISOLATED AREA MAY
BRIEFLY REACH CRITICAL WEATHER PARAMETERS...THEY SHOULD NOT MEET
THE TEMPORAL THRESHOLD OF THREE HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EVEN THOUGH THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SATURDAY...FIRE DANGER WILL STILL REMAIN HIGH AND CAUTION IS
ALWAYS ADVISED.

REMEMBER...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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