…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.
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has
issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative
humidity, which is in effect from Saturday afternoon through
Saturday evening.
* 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…Between 8 and 15 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.