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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
543 AM MDT SAT APR 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT EAST OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT IN ZONES ALONG
AND EAST OF I-25, AND ALSO OVER WEST CENTRAL ZONES, DUE TO STRONG
WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.WITH MULTIPLE FIRES ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO, SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL GENERALLY GUST UP TO 35 MPH TODAY WHILE HUMIDITIES
PLUMMET BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. ON SUNDAY, SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL PEAK FROM 50 TO AROUND 60 MPH OVER A LARGER PORTION OF THE
AREA WITH CONTINUED VERY LOW HUMIDITY. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY LIGHTNING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM VIRGA
SHOWERS ALONG I-40 OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO, AND ALSO
ALONG I- 25 NORTH OF I-40 TO THE COLORADO BORDER.
NMZ104-123-125-126-260200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0030.260425T1800Z-260426T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0031.260426T1800Z-260427T0200Z/
NORTHEAST PLAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS-
543 AM MDT SAT APR 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS (ZONES 104
AND 126), AND NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (ZONES 123 AND
125) TODAY AND SUNDAY FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...FOR TODAY, SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH, EXCEPT UP TO 40 MPH FROM CLINES CORNERS TO
LAS VEGAS. ON SUNDAY, SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
FROM 50 TO 60 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 8 TO 13 PERCENT TODAY, THEN
10 TO 15 PERCENT SUNDAY.
* 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 AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
NMZ105-106-109-124-260200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0031.260426T1800Z-260427T0200Z/
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE-SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
543 AM MDT SAT APR 25 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* AREA AND TIMING...RIO GRANDE VALLEY (ZONE 106), SANDIA AND
MANZANO MOUNTAINS (ZONE 124), WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, BASIN,
AND RANGE (ZONES 105 AND 109) SUNDAY FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60
MPH. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT, EXCEPT
UP TO 20 PERCENT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, AND OVER 20
PERCENT IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS.
* 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
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