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WWUS85 KABQ 272139
RFWABQ
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
339 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN WESTERN NEW
MEXICO DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM HAVE
MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF
WESTERN NEW MEXICO. WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE...THESE WINDS AND THE
LOW HUMIDITY HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME NON
CRITICAL BY OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
NMZ105-109-280100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-091028T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
339 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT
WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE FORECAST TO
OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
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