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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
559 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING
BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST AND
THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO DESERTS AGAIN TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL
RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH, WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH, STRONGEST
ALONG EAST-FACING SLOPES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. MINIMUM
RH VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS, WHILE FUELS REMAIN VERY
DRY, WITH ERCS RANGING FROM THE 80TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE.
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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ-
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ-
559 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA
NF/APACHE NF/GLZ, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND
LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH
CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ.
* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT IN THE LOWLANDS,
AND 14 TO 19 PERCENT IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 100 IN THE LOWLANDS, WITH LOWER 80S IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* 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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