Fire Weather Watch issued April 14 at 1:41PM MDT until April 17 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

…CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
FAR WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY…

.An upper level trough is expected to swing through the Four
Corners on Thursday aligning the jet stream across much of New
Mexico. This will develop a lee cyclone over Eastern Colorado
while deep mixing taps into higher winds aloft. Windy to very
windy conditions will combine with single-digit lowland minimum
RH values with only the highest elevations seeing minimum RH
values in the teens. When combined with very dry fuels, critical
to possibly extreme fire weather conditions are expected for
Thursday afternoon.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zone 110 Southwest Mountains/Gila
NF/Apache NF/GLZ, 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, Fire Weather
Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ, Fire
Weather Zone 55 El Paso County, and Fire Weather Zone 56
Hudspeth County.

* WIND…Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph in
the lowlands and 65 mph in the mountains.

* HUMIDITY…As low as 7 percent.

* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI…5 to 9 or Critical to Extreme

* IMPACTS…any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.