Fire Weather Watch issued April 24 at 2:52PM MDT until April 27 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM

…RED FLAG WARNING FRIDAY 12PM TO 7PM MDT FOR THE MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY, AND HIGH FIRE
DANGER…

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY 11AM TO 9PM MDT FOR WEST-CENTRAL NM, CENTRAL
NM AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS, LOW
HUMIDITY, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER…

.Gusty southerly winds and very low humidity falling below ten
percent will produce several hours of critical fire weather up and
down the middle Rio Grande Valley Friday afternoon. Southwesterly
winds strengthening over a larger area of west-central and
central NM and up the Upper Rio Grande Valley combined with very
low humidity will yield critical to extremely critical fire
weather conditions Sunday afternoon and early evening.

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Fire
Weather Watch…which is in effect from Sunday morning through
Sunday evening.

* AREA AND TIMING…West-central Basin and Range (Zone 109), Upper
Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley (Zone 121), and
Sandia and Manzano Mountains (Zone 124).

* 20 FOOT WINDS…Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph, gusting to 45 to
55 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…Minimum values 5 to 10 percent.

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