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FNUS21 KWNS 251652
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1151 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2025
VALID 251700Z - 261200Z
..DAY 1 UPDATE
MINOR MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS NEW
MEXICO. SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, INHIBITING DRIER DOWNSLOPE FLOW OFF THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS FROM MIXING OUT THE SHALLOW MOIST LAYER IN
PLACE. A VERY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COMBINED WITH
INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS IS STILL EXPECTED TO BRING ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO FAR EASTERN ARIZONA AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO
WHERE DRY FUELS/DROUGHT REMAINS.
..WILLIAMS/WEINMAN.. 04/25/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 1244 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
AS A MID-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE U.S. WEST COAST, AND ASSOCIATED
SOUTHWEST FLOW OVERSPREADS THE FOUR CORNERS INTO THE GREAT BASIN,
DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
..CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INTO FAR EASTERN ARIZONA
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10-20% AND 15-20 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO INTO EASTERN ARIZONA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING, WHERE CURRENT FUELS GUIDANCE HAS
ERCS AT OR EXCEEDING THE 80TH-90TH ANNUAL PERCENTILES. SOME LOCALLY
CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY EXIST WHERE LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY PROVIDES AN
ENHANCEMENT OF SURFACE WINDS.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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