Fire Weather Watch for Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley
Impacts: Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Official alert brief
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...
AFFECTED AREA
Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley (Zone 121).
TIMING
For the Red Flag Warning, from 10 AM to 9 PM MDT Sunday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Monday morning through Monday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...For the Red Flag Warning southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, and for the Fire Weather Watch southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
For the Red Flag Warning Relative Humidity between 8 to 15 percent, and for the Fire Weather Watch Relative Humidity between 12 to 15 percent.
IMPACTS
Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Fire Weather Watch.