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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
115 AM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
...MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE SACRAMENTO
AND CAPITAN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...
.STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW
GUSTY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN REGION. WE WILL SEE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH
VERY LOW MIN RH'S NEAR 10% WILL LEAD TO MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. FUELS REMAIN DRY, AROUND THE 90TH PERCENTILE,
ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD TREE MORTALITY AND BEETLE DIE BACK. LATER
THIS EVENING THE WINDS WILL DIE OFF, BUT OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES
WILL BE POOR.
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CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-
115 AM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY,
BREEZY WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SACRAMENTO AND CAPITAN
MOUNTAINS...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ.
* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING AFTER 10 AM, AND PEAKING IN MIDDLE
TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 76.
* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...3 TO 4, MARGINALLY CRITICAL.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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