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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
308 AM MDT WED APR 24 2024
..CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY
.DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PEAK ON
THURSDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK. DEEP
SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL EXTEND A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT SOUTHWARD INTO NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS, LEADING TO
STRONG WINDS AREA WIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS
WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND PEAK GUSTS AROUND 55
MPH COMBINED WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE RISK OF RAPID FIRE START
AND SPREAD THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAYTIME HOURS THURSDAY. FUEL
MOISTURE HAD DRIED RAPIDLY THIS MONTH, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE DESERT
LOWLANDS, DUE TO PREEXISTING DROUGHT STATUS AND LACK OF RECENT
PRECIPITATION. WINDS SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING,
LIKELY PICKING BACK UP AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS.
NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-242100-
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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-
CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-
TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055
EL PASO COUNTY- TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056
HUDSPETH COUNTY-
308 AM MDT WED APR 24 2024
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055,
056, 110, 111, 112, AND 113...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM
MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.
* HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT.
* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...6-8 CRITICAL TO EXTREME IN SOUTHERN NEW
MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS DESERT LOWLANDS. 5-7 CRITICAL FOR
LINCOLN AND GILA NATIONAL FORESTS.
* 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.
DENNHARDT
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