iNWS Alert

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MID MORNING MONDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING MONDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS, AND FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD BELOW SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING TUESDAY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS... .Critical to extreme fire weather conditions are expected Monday as a low pressure system tracking eastward along the Colorado and New Mexico border steers the jetstream over southern and eastern New Mexico, and a deep surface trough develops in the lee of the southern Rockies. West and southwest wind gusts from 40 to 55 mph are expected with humidities mostly in the single digits and Haines Indices mostly reaching 6. Critical fire weather conditions could return to portions of eastern NM into Tuesday. A fire weather watch has been issued for this area as a result.

NMZ106-123-124-141000-
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Middle Rio Grande Valley-Northeast Highlands-
Sandia and Manzano Mountains-
302 PM MDT Sat Apr 13 2024

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY...

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag
Warning...which is in effect from 10 AM to 9 PM MDT Monday. The
Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AREA AND TIMING...Middle Rio Grande Valley (Zone 106), Northeast
Highlands (Zone 123) and the Sandia and Manzano Mountains (Zone
124) Monday from 10 AM until 9 PM MDT.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...West and southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts up
to 55 mph. The strongest gusts are expected east of the
central mountain chain.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Bottoming out between 7 and 12 percent with
over 5 hours of single digit relative humidity values across
much of the east.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly
and will be hard to control. Long range spotting and extreme
fire behavior will be possible. Outdoor burning should not be
done.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the
field of this Red Flag Warning.

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