Red Flag warnings Saturday and Sunday, Fire Weather watch Monday 053022

fire weather watch 032022CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND ON SUNDAY... .An approaching upper level system will create stronger west to southwest winds Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Winds look to become gusty in the higher terrain locations as stronger winds aloft move over the area, especially over the Gila Region and Sacramento Mountains. Afternoon humidity values will remain in the single digits through the weekend as well, with overnight humidity recoveries struggling to make it over 30%. A very dry spring has led to extremely dry fuels over much of southern New Mexico and far west Texas. These critical fire weather conditions are expected to persist through the holiday weekend; with winds strengthening in the afternoon hours, afternoon humidity values remaining extremely dry, and overnight humidity recoveries hardly reaching 30%. Similar conditions are expected on Monday except the winds will be slightly weaker than they are this weekend.

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Red Flag Warning Saturday 052822, Fire weather watch Sunday 052922

near critical fire weather 021522CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .An approaching upper level system will create stronger west to southwest winds Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Winds look to become gusty in the higher terrain locations as stronger winds aloft move over the area, especially over the Gila Region and Sacramento Mountains. Afternoon humidity values will remain in the single digits through the weekend as well, with overnight humidity recoveries struggling to make it over 30%. A very dry spring has led to extremely dry fuels over much of southern New Mexico and far west Texas. These critical fire weather conditions are expected to persist through the holiday weekend; with winds strengthening in the afternoon hours, afternoon humidity values remaining extremely dry, and overnight humidity recoveries hardly reaching 30%.

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Fire Weather Watch from 5/28/2022 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM MDT for Grant County, NM

mapo052622...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... .An approaching upper level storm system will help create strong and gusty surface winds. When you combine the strong winds with very low RH's, we will see Red Flag conditions across much of southwest and south central New Mexico and far west Texas on Saturday afternoon. We will likely see another day of strong winds and low RH's on Sunday as well.

NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-262200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.A.0021.220528T1700Z-220529T0200Z/

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Updated to Red Flag Warning for Tuesday 052433

fire weather watch 020422CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY... .An upper level system will approach New Mexico Tuesday afternoon with an increase in winds expected. Very low humidity (6 to 12 percent) is anticipated across much of southwest and south-central New Mexico, and coupled with the breezy to windy conditions (20 ft winds 20 to 25 mph), in addition to very dry fuels, critical fire weather conditions are anticipated. Farther east across far west Texas and the Sacramento mountains, there is uncertainty in the wind speeds. Consequently, the Fire Weather Watch has been omitted from these locations at this time.

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Red Flag warning Friday 052022

fire weather watch 030622ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.. Elevated conditions are expected for areas west of the Continental Divide (NW FW Zone 110) today. Conditions will become critical on Friday as dry weather and gusty winds are expected to return to the region as an upper level system approaches the area.

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055,
056, 111, 112, AND 113...

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Red Flag warnings today 051922 and tomorrow Friday 052022

fire weather warningELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.. Elevated conditions are expected for areas west of the Continental Divide (NW FW Zone 110) today. Conditions will become critical on Friday as dry weather and gusty winds are expected to return to the region as an upper level system approaches the area.

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Fire Weather Watch 052022

fire weather watch 052022ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.. Elevated conditions are expected for areas west of the Continental Divide (NW FW Zone 110) today. Conditions will become critical on Friday as dry weather and gusty winds are expected to return to the region as an upper level system approaches the area.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 055, 056, 112, AND 113...

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Fire Weather Watch Thursday and Friday 0519-052022

fire weather watch 031022ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.. .Elevated conditions are expected for areas west of the Continental Divide (NW FW Zone 110). Conditions will become critical on Friday as dry weather and gusty winds are expected to return to areas west of the Rio Grande with an upper level system approaching the area.

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