Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Albuquerque, NM

588 
WWUS85 KABQ 182109
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
309 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 9PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS/LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY FROM 10AM MDT TO 9PM MDT FOR THE
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO
THE TEXAS STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE...

.AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING OVER NEW MEXICO LATER
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES...AND DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
RETURN SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND FROM THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH WILL CROSS MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ106>108-190300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0019.130520T1800Z-130521T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
309 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EASTERN PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE RIO
  GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH SUNSET THIS
  EVENING AND AGAIN SUNDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ABOUT 40
  MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
  MPH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY BETWEEN
  5 AND 12 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTH AND EAST. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

NMZ103-104-190300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
309 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS THROUGH
  THIS EVENING AND THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ABOUT 40 
  MPH TODAY. WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH SUNDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY BETWEEN 5
  AND 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTHEAST.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ109-190300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
309 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS THROUGH THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS. 

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ABOUT
  40 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY FROM 
  10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

40

946 
WWUS85 KABQ 190314
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY FROM 10AM MDT TO 9PM MDT FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE...

.GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
RETURN SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND FROM THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH WILL CROSS MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ106>108-191400-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0019.130520T1800Z-130521T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EASTERN PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE RIO
  GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH SUNSET SUNDAY
  AND AGAIN MONDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
  SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 12 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTH AND 
  EAST. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$

NMZ103-104-191400-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY BETWEEN
  5 AND 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTHEAST. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ109-190415-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130519T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
914 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING AND ARE
NOT FORECAST TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT.

$$

556 
WWUS85 KABQ 191232
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
632 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FROM 10AM MDT TO 9PM MDT FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY FROM NOON MDT TO 8 PM MDT FOR THE
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE...

.GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AND FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EAST TO THE
TEXAS STATE LINE. ANOTHER MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
WILL CROSS THE STATE MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT STILL
SIGNIFICANT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ106>108-192130-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0019.130520T1800Z-130521T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.130520T1800Z-130521T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
632 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE RIO
  GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TIL MID EVENING TODAY
  AND THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING MONDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THIS
  AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 12 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTH AND 
  EAST.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ103-104-192130-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
632 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTHEAST. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

43

776 
WWUS85 KABQ 191423 AAA
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
823 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FROM 10AM MDT TO 9PM MDT FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY FROM NOON MDT TO 8 PM MDT FOR THE
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE DUE TO
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
AND FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE.
ANOTHER MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE
STATE MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT SIGNIFICANT...CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST 
TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

NMZ106>108-200300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.130520T1800Z-130521T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
823 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT
MONDAY. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE 
  RIO GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TIL MID EVENING 
  TODAY AND THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING MONDAY. 

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH 
  THIS AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 12 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTH AND 
  EAST.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ103-104-200300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0020.130519T1600Z-130520T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
823 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS THIS 
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. 

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTHEAST.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
617 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.AVIATION...
12Z TAF CYCLE
HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORN GIVE WAY TO HEATING INDUCED MID LVL CLOUDS
AND BUILDUPS MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTN. SCT TO WIDELY SCT HIGH
BASED -SHRA AND A FEW -TSRA TO DVLP MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
GLENWOOD TO CLINES CORNERS THIS AFTN UNDER APPROACHING COLDER POOL
ALOFT. STIL CIGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR. AFOREMENTIONED CONVECTION...
ESPECIALLY STRONGER CELLS...LIKELY TO PRODUCE BRIEF AND LOCALIZED
DOWNBURST GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 KTS AND THAT IS TO A DEGREE
ACCOUNTED FOR IN FMN...GUP AND SAF TAF TEMPO GROUPS ASSOCIATED
WITH MARGINAL VCSH IN PREVAILING GROUPS. NOTE THAT TEMPO GROUP FOR
CONVECTIVE GUSTS NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN ABQ TAF DUE TO FACT
THAT THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE FOR ANY TRUE VCNTY SHRA...VCSH...
TO REACH GROUND THERE...YET STRONG CONVECTIVE GUSTS STILL
POSSIBLE MID AFTN TO VERY EARLY EVE. JUST CANNOT INCLUDE TEMPO
GROUP FOR CONVECTIVE GUSTS AS AT LEAST VCSH/VCTS MUST BE MENTIONED
IN ASSOCIATED PREVAILING GROUP. SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG
VERTICAL MIXING WILL CREATE NON CONVECTIVE SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS
TO NEAR OR A LITTLE OVER 30 KTS IN MOST TAFS FOR THE AFTN.
VISIBILITIES LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST IN STRONGER GUSTS.
WINDS DECREASING AFTER 01Z OR 02Z THIS EVENING.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...339 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013...
MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR
A SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHERN TROUGH AXIS WITH THE SECONDARY WAVE LATE
MONDAY/TUESDAY. CURRENTLY AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS SHIFTING EAST ACROSS
THE GREAT BASIN IS SPREADING AN ABUNDANCE OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL
CLOUD COVER OVER WESTERN NM. MEANWHILE A VERY WELL DEFINED DRYLINE
IS POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE TX/NM BORDER. DEWPOINTS TO THE
WEST OF THE DRYLINE ARE IN THE 10S AND 20S...WITH EVEN SOME SINGLE
DIGITS AROUND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE 00Z NAM SOLUTION CONTINUES
TO ADVERTISE CONVECTION BREAKING OUT OVER THE NORTHERN/WESTERN HIGH
TERRAIN AFTER ABOUT 2 PM. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE
20S SO MORE SHOWERS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE GFS IS
MUCH DRIER HOWEVER IT STILL SHOWS SIMILAR INSTABILITY. ISOLD STORMS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE PACIFIC FRONT CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN UTAH WILL SLIDE EAST
INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON...USHERING IN COOLER
TEMPS. 700MB TEMPS FALL FROM +14C CURRENTLY TO +8C AT 00Z THEN +4C
BY 12Z SUNDAY...WHICH IS NEARLY 1 STANDARD DEVIATION BELOW CLIMO.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME COOL TEMPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS FOR
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN VALLEYS WHERE FREEZES ARE POSSIBLE. THE
UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SHEAR ACROSS NORTHERN NM AND SPREAD STRONG
MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS OVER THE STATE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
INTO MONDAY. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN NM. SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WIND
ADVISORIES FOR SUNDAY ACROSS THE EAST BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
MOS GUIDANCE TRENDS. SOME LIGHT PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL
ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN MTS.

A WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL SLIDE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AS THE
UPPER WAVE EXITS AND ANOTHER TROUGH TAKES SHAPE ALONG THE WEST COAST.
HOT TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP FOR AREAS WITHIN CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NM RIGHT ON TIME FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY. OUR FIRST 90F READING
IN THE ABQ METRO IS FORECAST NOW ON THURSDAY THE 23RD...WHICH IS
ONLY 4 DAYS AHEAD OF THE AVERAGE FIRST DATE.

BIG QUESTIONS CONTINUE ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE DRYLINE BY
LATE NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY
CONSISTENT WITH THE FEATURE SHIFTING WEST INTO THE PLAINS BY
THURSDAY WHILE THE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS DOWN THE WEST COAST. SO OF
COURSE AS MANY OF US AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN THINKING...MODELS ARE
BEGINNING TO TREND FARTHER EAST WITH A DRIER MORE SHEARED TROUGH
EJECTING INTO THE ROCKIES. GUYER

.FIRE WEATHER...
...EXTENDED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...

AFTER SOME OVERNIGHT WIND SPEED REDUCTION...THE UPCOMING DAYLIGHT
HOURS WILL BRING MUCH INCREASED MIXING DOWN OF SOME HIGHER WIND
SPEEDS ALOFT AND SFC PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN A BIT AS WELL.
RESULT WILL BE INCREASING SFC WINDS BEGINNING MID TO LATE MORN AND
CONTINUING INTO THE AFTN. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS ACROSS THE EAST...SOUTH AND SOME
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTN. THUS RED FLAG
WARNINGS CONTINUED FOR THESE AREAS. MOST OF THIS AREA WILL SEE MIN
RH READINGS CRATER INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. AFTN TEMPS ACROSS THE
EAST 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL. A FEW TO PERHAPS LOCALLY
SCT THUNDERSTORMS...MORE DRY THAN WET...EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST
MOUNTAINS INCLUDING MT TAYLOR...CHUSKAS...TUSAS AND JEMEZ AFTER
NOON. AS IS USUAL EXPECT RELATIVELY BRIEF AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS
FROM THE STRONGER CONVECTION...PERHAPS BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH.

SUNDAY TO BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO TODAYS PATTERN WITH THE WIND
PARAMETERS...THOUGH CRITICAL LVL WIND SPEEDS JUST A BIT REDUCED FROM
TODAY. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS A LITTLE LESS AND SHIFTED A LITTLE
FARTHER TO EAST. MAX RH VALUES INCREASE WITH FAIR OVERNIGHT
RECOVERIES EXPECTED MAJORITY OF AREA. AFTN TEMPERATURES TO TREND
DOWN BY SEVERAL DEGREES NE HALF...BUT LITTLE CHANGED ELSEWHERE. WIND
SPEEDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE MID MORN THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTN...
ESPECIALLY EASTERN NM. AGAIN EXPECTING SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
FROM EAST SLOPES CENTRAL MTN CHAIN EASTWARD. MIXING HEIGHTS LOWER
SOME ON SUNDAY BUT STILL PORTRAYED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR.

MONDAY STILL BRINGS SOME CONTINUED FAIR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES.
DAYTIME HIGHS TRENDING JUST A FEW DEGREES LOWER STILL FROM SUNDAY
HIGHS. WHILE A SMALLER AREA IS IMPACTED...THERE IS STILL ENOUGH WIND
AND LOW ENOUGH MINIMUM RH TO CREATE SOME LOWER GRADE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM E CENTRAL PLAINS WEST TO EAST SLOPES SANDIA
AND MANZANO MTNS AND ALSO PERHAPS INCLUDING MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO NEAR
THE COLORADO BORDER. MIN RH VALUES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS
EXPECTED WITH CONTINUED EXCELLENT VENTILATION RATES IN ALL BUT
PERHAPS FAR NE NM. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT TO SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN
PLAINS MON AFTN INTO TUE MORN...BRINGING SOME INCREASE IN DEWPOINTS
IN ITS WAKE.

MODELS SHOW THIS FRONT MAKING ITS WAY TO NEAR OR A LITTLE WAYS
EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN BY EARLY TUE. STILL INDICATIONS
ARE THAT WIND WILL EASE OFF SOME ON TUESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. BY MID WEEK MODELS ARE HINTING AT A
DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NW MAKING ITS
WAY SOUTHWARD CAUSING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO STRENGTHEN OVER
THE STATE. MODELS STILL SHOW SOME DRYLINE THUNDERSTORMS BACKING INTO
EASTERN PORTION OF NM...BUT STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GFS AND
EUROPEAN MODEL AS TO HOW FAR WEST ENOUGH MOISTURE INCREASE CAN GET
AND THUS HOW FAR WEST THIS ACTIVITY WOULD DEVELOP. THUS CONFIDENCE
IS STILL LOWER THAN IS PREFERRED LATE NEXT WEEK. 43

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104-106>109.

RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...NMZ103-104-106>108.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
536 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

NMZ501>540-191200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
536 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING TO THIS EVENING
FOR THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
MOSTLY DRY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
THE STATE MAY PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 55 MPH AND AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN
FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS.