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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
803 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST, NORTHWEST,AND
NORTHEAST NM AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
THENORTHEAST PLAINS AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...
...
.ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE STARTING TO DECREASE THIS EVENING, CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON SUNDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN
AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING
BELOW 15 PERCENT. ANY RECENT LIGHTNING-STARTED FIRES WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY UNDER THESE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NM
INTO AT LEAST MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
NMZ104-123-281000-
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NORTHEAST PLAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
803 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEAST PLAINS (ZONE 104) AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS
(ZONE 123).
* TIMING...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY.
FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH, AND FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH,
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT, AND FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL 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.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
NMZ101-105-109-120-121-125-281000-
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/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0048.260628T1700Z-260629T0200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL BASIN AND
RANGE-NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER
CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
803 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST PLATEAU (ZONE 101), WEST CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS (ZONE 105), WEST CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE (ZONE 109),
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS (ZONE 120), UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY (ZONE 121), AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (ZONE
125).
* TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 11 TO 21 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL 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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