Fire Weather Watch

Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
300 AM MDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.Strong northwest flow aloft Thursday will mix down to the surface
resulting in breezy to windy conditions along and south of I-40.
Relative humidities will be near and below 15 percent and
temperatures will be above normal. Instability may be lacking with
just low to moderate Haines values.

NMZ105>109-231200-
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Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley-
Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains-
West Central Highlands-
300 AM MDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Fire
Weather Watch...which is in effect from Thursday afternoon
through Thursday evening.

* AREA AND TIMING...Northwest and West Central Highlands, Middle
  Rio Grande Valley, the Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains
  and the East Central Plains Thursday afternoon through early
  Thursday evening.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...West to Northwest at 15 to 30 mph with gusts of
  35 to 50 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent below any snowpack.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the
field of this Fire Weather Watch.