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WWUS85 KABQ 300632  
RFWABQ  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1232 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2026  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU,  
NORTHEAST PLAINS, WEST CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE, AND NORTHEAST  
HIGHLANDS...  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT  
THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE  
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...  
 
.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY FOCUS OVER WEST CENTRAL  
PORTIONS OF THE STATE, WITH ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS  
PREVAILING ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED DRY STORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW  
MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON MAY START NEW FIRES AND CREATE GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS.  
 
NMZ101-104-109-123-300745-  
/O.CAN.KABQ.FW.A.0046.260630T1900Z-260701T0100Z/  
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHEAST PLAINS-WEST CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE-  
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-  
1232 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2026  
   
..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED  
 
ELEVATED TO NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY  
EVENING, BUT CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED CRITICAL  
THRESHOLD.  
 
 
 
NMZ105-301915-  
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0046.260630T1900Z-260701T0100Z/  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0050.260630T1900Z-260701T0100Z/  
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-  
1232 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT  
THIS EVENING...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE NM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  
WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS (ZONE 105).  
 
* TIMING...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35  
MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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