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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
123 AM MST SUN FEB 8 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO STRONG WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH VERY DRY
AIR ALSO MOVING IN. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER ALONG WITH A HIGHER RISK FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
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NORTHEAST PLAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS-
123 AM MST SUN FEB 8 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* AREA AND TIMING...THIS WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN AND
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO (FIRE WEATHER ZONES 104, 123, 125, AND
126) WITH THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN FOCUSED IN SAN MIGUEL,
NORTHERN GUADALUPE, QUAY, AND HARDING COUNTIES. THE WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST THROUGH 6 PM MST MONDAY.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 7 TO 13 PERCENT IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON MONDAY.
* 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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