Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
350 AM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON SATURDAY...
.Increasing west to southwesterly flow aloft will induce lee
surface troughing across the Front Range of Colorado and Eastern
Plains of New Mexico Saturday afternoon. Breezy to low-end windy
conditions will result across southern New Mexico. These winds in
combination with very dry air and critically dry fuels will
promote critical fire weather conditions.
NMZ111>113-TXZ055-056-291100-
/O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0011.250329T1800Z-250330T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0011.250329T1800Z-250330T0200Z/
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ-
Texas Fire Weather Zone 055
El Paso County- Texas Fire Weather Zone 056
Hudspeth County-
350 AM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR
DRY FUELS, LOW HUMIDITY, AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has
issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative
humidity, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM MDT Saturday. The
Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 055 Texas Fire Weather Zone
055 El Paso County, Fire Weather Zone 056 Texas Fire Weather
Zone 056 Hudspeth County, Fire Weather Zone 111 Southwest
Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 112
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ
and Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento
Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ.
* TIMING...Saturday afternoon and evening.
* WINDS...Southwest to west at 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40
mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 18 percent.
* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...3 to 6 or Near-Critical to Critical.
* IMPACTS...any fire that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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Rogers
Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
421 AM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 8 PM MDT EAST OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANDIA AND
MANZANO MOUNTAINS, AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AREAS DUE TO STRONG
WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY FROM 1 TO 7 PM MDT FOR THE CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...
.A disturbance crossing the central Rockies will strengthen the
flow aloft over New Mexico on Saturday, while a potent surface
trough develops in the lee of the southern Rockies. As a result,
southwest wind gusts are forecast to peak around 35 to 45 mph on
Saturday afternoon with the strongest gusts from Clines Corners to
Roy. High temperatures will also climb near to around 9 degrees
above 30-year averages Saturday afternoon, as humidities plummet
below 15 percent. In the wake of the disturbance, wind speeds will
weaken Saturday night, then strengthen again across the Central
Highlands on Sunday.
NMZ104-105-109-123-124-126-282100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0014.250329T1900Z-250330T0200Z/
Northeast Plains-West Central Mountains-
West Central Basin and Range-Northeast Highlands-
Sandia and Manzano Mountains-East Central Plains-
421 AM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Fire
Weather Watch...which is in effect from Saturday afternoon
through Saturday evening.
* AREA AND TIMING...Northeast Highlands and eastern plains (Zones
123, 104, and 126), Sandia and Manzano Mountains (Zone 124), and
the West Central Mountains, Basin, and Range (Zones 105 and 109)
Saturday 1-8 PM.
* 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-15 percent.
* 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.
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