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WWUS85 KABQ 310943
RFWABQ
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
343 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE NORTHEAST
HIGHLANDS, WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...RED FLAG WARNING FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NM DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY...
.A FIRE GROWTH PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES EACH
AFTERNOON. THE COVERAGE OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
PEAK ON TUESDAY AS WINDS TREND STRONGER. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH AND LOCALLY EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
AND WINDS DROP ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THERE IS A MODERATE CHANCE OF
CONTINUED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EASTERN
AREAS.
NMZ123-010200-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0017.250401T1800Z-250402T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0016.250401T1800Z-250402T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0015.250331T2000Z-250401T0200Z/
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
343 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS (ZONE 123) TODAY BETWEEN
2 AND 8 PM AND TUESDAY BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65
MPH ON TUESDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT
EACH AFTERNOON.
* 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 THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY AND THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR TUESDAY.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
NMZ104-106-124>126-010200-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0017.250401T1800Z-250402T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0016.250401T1800Z-250402T0300Z/
NORTHEAST PLAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS-
343 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST PLAINS (ZONE 104), MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY (ZONE 106), SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS (ZONE 124) AND
THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS (ZONE 126) BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM ON
TUESDAY.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH ON TUESDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 10 TO 15 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 RED FLAG WARNING.
NMZ105-121-010200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0015.250331T2000Z-250401T0200Z/
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
343 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* AREA AND TIMING...WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS (ZONE 105) AND UPPER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY (ZONE 121) TODAY
BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 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 RED FLAG WARNING.
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