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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
315 PM MDT WED MAY 15 2013
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FOR THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY...
.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN
HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. 7 TO 10
HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COUPLE WITH STRONG
WINDS.
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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-
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-
315 PM MDT WED MAY 15 2013
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS AND
THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 3 AND 8 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
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