Northwest wind gusts to 40 mph, very low humidity, and very dry fuels will increase the risk of rapid fire spread over the northwest plateau and parts of the northwest highlands Tuesday.
Critical fire weather will focus over more of northern, western, and central NM by Wednesday with stronger northwest winds and very low humidity. The greatest risk area will occur where fuels are driest within northwest NM.
There are high chances of reaching 100+ degrees over much of eastern NM and parts of the Rio Grande Valley Wednesday. Parts of east-central and southeast NM have high chances to exceed 105 degrees!
Temperatures will trend hotter each day then peak Wednesday with near-record highs possible. Moderate storm chances on Monday become spottier through the rest of the week.