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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
753 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...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 LOW HUMIDITY VALUES. THE COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PEAK ON
TUESDAY DUE TO VERY STRONG WINDS. 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.
NMZ123-011100-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250401T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0016.250401T1800Z-250402T0300Z/
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
753 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
TUESDAY...
..RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS (ZONE 123) FOR TUESDAY
BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65
MPH ON TUESDAY.
* 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.
NMZ105-121-010300-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250401T0200Z/
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
753 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
..RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE WILL ALLOW THE RED
FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE AND LOWER CHAMA
RIVER VALLEYS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED
OVER THE AREA.
NMZ104-106-124>126-011100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0016.250401T1800Z-250402T0300Z/
NORTHEAST PLAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS-
753 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
TUESDAY...
* 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.
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