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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

for Southwest Deserts and Lowlands, NM

Issued by the National Weather Service

    FIRE WEATHER WATCH  

Southwest Deserts and Lowlands, NM

Fire Weather Watch issued May 17 at 12:53PM MDT until May 20 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AIR, ABNORMAL WARMTH, VERY DRY FUELS, AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110, 111, 112, AND 113

Areas Affected: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains

Urgency: Future

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Possible

Alert Sent: Friday 12:53pm MDT

Alert Effective: Friday 12:53pm MDT

Alert Expires: Saturday 7:00am MDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Monday 12:00pm MDT

Event Ends: Monday 9:00pm MDT

Issued by: NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

Details: 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AIR, ABNORMAL WARMTH, VERY DRY FUELS, AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110, 111, 112, AND 113...

...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...

A persistent trough over the Desert Southwest will bring above
normal temperatures, very dry to exceptionally dry air, AND breezy
to windy conditions Sunday onward. Winds will be strongest on
Monday and perhaps Tuesday. This will combine with very dry fuels
to create critical fire conditions over much of southwest and
south-central New Mexico. A fire weather watch has been issued
for Monday afternoon as a result.

The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has
issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Monday
afternoon through Monday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Southwest and South-central New Mexico,
including the Lincoln and Gila National Forest.

* WIND...West to Southwest Winds 17 to 22 MPH gusting to 30 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...5 to 9 Percent, 8 to 11 percent above 7500 feet.

* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...4 to 6 Near Critical to Critical

* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

Information: 
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.efc14576cb81b094c0428303b4d7fd8a94e39d99.001.1
Codes: NMZ110, NMZ111, NMZ112, NMZ113
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.efc14576cb81b094c0428303b4d7fd8a94e39d99.001.1