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Fire Weather Watch

Issued by the National Weather Service - El Paso, TX

    FIRE WEATHER WATCH  

Capitan And Sacramento Mountains, NM

Fire Weather Watch issued March 12 at 11:39AM MDT until March 14 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113

Areas Affected: Capitan And Sacramento Mountains

Urgency: Future

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Possible

Alert Sent: Thursday 11:39am MDT

Alert Effective: Thursday 11:39am MDT

Alert Expires: Friday 12:00am MDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Saturday 12:00pm MDT

Event Ends: Saturday 10:00pm MDT

Issued by: NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

Details: 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113...

...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY|...

.Gusty winds and very low relative humidities are expected for
Saturday ahead of a strong upper level trough moving into the
Rockies. West to southwest winds of 15-25 mph with gusts over 35
mph are possible in the Sacramento Mountains. These winds combined
with single digit RH's and drying fuels will lead to critical fire
weather conditions.

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

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 113.

* WIND...West to southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

* HUMIDITY...7 to 14 percent.

* HIGHEST THREAT...is located on the eastern slopes of the
Sacramento Mountains.

* 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.d52206a47626e8520767e81fab7dc5ded7e1d63e.001.1
Codes: NMZ113
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d52206a47626e8520767e81fab7dc5ded7e1d63e.001.1