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Red Flag Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - El Paso, TX

    RED FLAG WARNING  

Capitan And Sacramento Mountains, NM

Red Flag Warning issued April 26 at 9:14PM MDT until April 27 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, BREEZY WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SACRAMENTO AND CAPITAN MOUNTAINS

Areas Affected: Capitan And Sacramento Mountains

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Sunday 9:14pm MDT

Alert Effective: Sunday 9:14pm MDT

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

Event Onset: Monday 10:00am MDT

Event Ends: Monday 8:00pm MDT

Issued by: NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

Details: 
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, BREEZY WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SACRAMENTO AND CAPITAN MOUNTAINS...

...MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE SACRAMENTO
AND CAPITAN MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY...

.Upper level jet will remain anchored over New Mexico on Monday in
the wake of Sunday's system. This will keep winds breezy with
20-foot speeds topping out around 20 MPH in the Sacramento and
Capitan Mountains along with gusts 35-40 MPH. These wind speeds
will combine with afternoon relative humidity values in the lower
and mid teens to create marginally critical fire weather
conditions. Fuels remain dry, around the 90th percentile, along
with widespread tree mortality and beetle die back.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento
Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ.

* TIMING...winds increasing after 10 am, and peaking in middle
to late afternoon.

* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 72.

* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...3 to 4, Marginally critical.

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

Information: 
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.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2be88f09797c3c2aae94eda311cc7a4a94fb5a71.001.1
Codes: NMZ113
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2be88f09797c3c2aae94eda311cc7a4a94fb5a71.001.1