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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
829 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY...

.ANOTHER APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LEE-
SIDE TROUGH OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...COMBINED WITH VERY DRY
CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MIDDAY
MONDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AT THE 20-FOOT LEVEL ARE EXPECTED...
ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 8% TO 14% RANGE
OVER THE LOWLANDS. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE RH VALUES WILL KEEP
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET OUTSIDE THE CRITERIA.

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SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS-
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
829 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST
MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
055...056...111...112 AND 113 BELOW 7500 FEET...

* AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 111 AND 112 AS WELL AS ZONE 113
  BELOW 7500 FEET. ALSO FAR WEST TEXAS INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER
  ZONES 055 AND 056.

* TIMING: MONDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* WIND: WEST 25 TO 30 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL GUSTING 35 TO 40
  MPH.

* HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RH 8 TO 14 PCT BELOW 7500 FEET.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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