Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 37, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Jun 23, 2013, 3:16 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 24, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2013, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 38 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
918 WWUS85 KABQ 232116 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 316 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE LOWER MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... .STRENTHENING SOUTHWEST WINDS OVERHEAD WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS MONDAY TO PRODUCE A BROAD AREA OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS NEW MEXICO. REDUCED WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE CONDITIONS OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS BORDER WILL COMBINE WITH CONTINUED VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ103-104-107-108-240215- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0034.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0035.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130624T0200Z/ 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- 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- 316 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN IN NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING ALL OF THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON WILL REDEVELOP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON MONDAY...WIND SPEEDS OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ON TUESDAY...EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SPEEDS TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...STRONGEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...DRIEST OVER THE EAST FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. * 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. && $$ NMZ102-106-240215- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0034.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130624T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 316 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING WILL REDEVELOP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ105-109-240215- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0034.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 316 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 6 TO 9 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. && $$ SHY
4 follow-up statements
844 WWUS85 KABQ 240225 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 825 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... .STRENTHENING SOUTHWEST WINDS OVERHEAD WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS MONDAY TO PRODUCE A BROAD AREA OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS NEW MEXICO. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES... POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES...AND STRONGLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL EXACERBATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS BORDER WILL COMBINE WITH CONTINUED VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ103-104-107-108-241400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130624T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0035.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ 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- 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- 825 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON...THEN POTENTIALLY ONCE AGAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH MONDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS BOTH DAYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ102-106-241400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130624T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 825 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 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. && $$ NMZ105-109-241400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1900Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 825 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND MOUNTAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
223 WWUS85 KABQ 240959 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 359 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AS HUMIDITIES AGAIN FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST AREAS. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES... POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES THIS MORNING...AND STRONGLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL EXACERBATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A BELT OF WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS BORDER. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THESE STRONGER WINDS COMBINE WITH CONTINUED VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES. NMZ101-242130- /O.EXB.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1700Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 359 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 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. && $$ NMZ103-104-107-108-242130- /O.EXT.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1700Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0035.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 359 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EXCEPT CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...THEN POTENTIALLY ONCE AGAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS BOTH DAYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT...EXCEPT 8 TO 15 PERCENT OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ102-105-106-109-242130- /O.EXT.KABQ.FW.W.0037.130624T1700Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 359 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 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. && $$ 34
722 WWUS85 KABQ 242054 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 254 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH HUMIDITIES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS DEVELOPING TUESDAY AND CONTINUED VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CLOSE TO AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. REDUCED WIND SPEEDS BUT CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY WILL EASE THIS ROUND OF DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER. NMZ107-108-250200- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.A.0035.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130625T0200Z/ 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- 254 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EXCEPT CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT...EXCEPT 8 TO 15 PERCENT OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ NMZ103-104-250200- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0035.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0038.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130625T0200Z/ 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- 254 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS REDEVELOPING NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...CONTINUING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT NEAR THE HIGHLANDS...8 TO 15 PERCENT OVER THE PLAINS. * 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. && $$ NMZ101-102-105-106-109-250200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 254 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ SHY
472 WWUS85 KABQ 250215 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 815 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY HAS EXPIRED... .WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS DEVELOPING TUESDAY AND CONTINUED VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CLOSE TO AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. REDUCED WIND SPEEDS BUT CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY WILL EASE THIS ROUND OF DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER. NMZ103-104-251400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130625T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0038.130625T1900Z-130626T0200Z/ 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- 815 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY HAS EXPIRED.... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT NEAR THE HIGHLANDS...8 TO 15 PERCENT OVER THE PLAINS. * 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. && $$ NMZ101-102-105>109-250315- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130625T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 815 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY HAS EXPIRED...ALTHOUGH VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jun 23, 11:32 AM MDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 11:32 AM MDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1132 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CIGS AND VIZ NEXT 24 HOURS. AFTERNOON ISOLD CONVECTION DVLPG AFTER 20Z OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST NM NEAR TX BORDER...AND IN NORTHEAST CORNER OF NM NEAR OK PANHANDLE. TURBULENT SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING ALOFT AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE OK PANHANDLE AND EXTENDS TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN NM TO WEST TX BIG BEND COUNTRY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER 19Z THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE TYPICALLY G25KTS...WITH G30KTS IN TAF FOR LVS OVER EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND CENTRAL MT CHAIN. SPEEDS DECREASING AFTER 03Z SUNSET TONIGHT. SIMILAR WIND REGIME ON TAP FROM 16Z ONWARD MON MORNING. SHY && .PREV DISCUSSION...320 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013... .DISCUSSION.. DRY LINE HAS MADE LESS PROGRESS WESTWARD ATTM THAN IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS...AND AT 3 AM WAS STRETCHED FROM KROW NORTHEAST TO NEAR KCAO. AT THE SAME TIME...A BOUNDARY FROM APPARENTLY THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER WRN NE AND KS...OR AT LEAST AIDED BY IT...HAD SAGGED TO KLHX AND KLAA. LATEST RUC13 INDICATES THE BOUNDARY COULD REACH KTCC OR EVEN FARTHER SOUTH BY MID MORNING...AND BY EARLY AFTERNOON IT COULD BE STRETCHED FROM THE RATON AREA TO KTCC. 06Z NAM MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING FORECAST WITH THE SURFACE LOW REMAINING CENTERED NEAR KLVS RATHER THAN LIFTING INTO NE CO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS CHANGE COULD RESULT IN A LITTLE LESS WIND...AS WELL AS A LITTLE MORE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WE CURRENTLY HAVE PAINTED IN FAR NE NM. OTHERWISE...SHOULD BE LESS HIGH CLOUDS AROUND TODAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MOST LOCALES. WINDS TO BE A BIT STRONGER MONDAY...SHUNTING ANY MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT TRIES TO WORK IT/S WAY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...ALTHOUGH IT/S NOW FORECAST TO BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS SUGGESTED...AND SEEPAGE INTO SOUTHWEST NM APPEARS LESS LIKELY. STILL THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER SO LEFT POPS PRETTY MUCH ALONE. DRY LINE CAN/T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH PROGRESS WESTWARD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH THE LEE TROUGH STAYING PUT. UPPER HIGH REMAINS PROGGED TO SHIFT NORTHWARD BY TUESDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO RELAX...HEADING FOR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION MID TO LATE WEEK. WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY COULD BE THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE WEEK FOR THE CENTRAL AND WEST. EVIDENCE OF A FRONT INVADING THE EASTERN PLAINS FRIDAY-ISH COULD SPARK SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL/EAST. BY NEXT WEEKEND...THE HIGH CENTER STARTS TRIPPING TOWARD SALT LAKE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE NRN HIGH TERRAIN AND DRIFT SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL/WRN VALLEYS. .FIRE WEATHER... ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL TO EASTERN NM TODAY WITH MORE WIDESPREAD CONDITIONS ON MONDAY... TODAY'S FORECAST WILL BE TRICKY...ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO THE WINDS. THIS WILL HAVE LARGE IMPLICATIONS ON THE DURATION AND SPATIAL EXTENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL...THE MAIN FEATURES THAT HAVE BEEN DICTATING THE WEATHER PATTERN THE PAST FEW DAYS ARE STILL AT WORK...WITHOUT ANY BLATANT OR LARGE CHANGES. ANY DIFFERENCES WILL BE FAIRLY SUBTLE. HOWEVER...MIXING HEIGHTS MAY EXCEED YESTERDAY'S LEVELS DUE TO LESS HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS. MODEL DEPICTION OF MIXING HEIGHTS IS RATHER SPLOTCHY...INDICATIVE THAT IT IS HAVING DIFFICULTY RESOLVING IT. ALSO...SOUTHWESTERLIES ALOFT REMAIN RELATIVELY STRONG FOR LATE JUNE...HOSTING SPEEDS OF 15-20 KT AT H7 AND UP TO 20-25 KT AT H5 WHICH SHOULD BE WITHIN THE MIXED LAYER OF MOST SITES. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL ALSO HAVE POTENTIAL FOR A BETTER SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...DEPENDING ON WHERE THE LEE SIDE SURFACE LOW ESTABLISHES ITSELF. A CLUSTER OF CONVECTION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF THE NATION HAS HELPED USHER A BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO COLORADO. IF THIS BOUNDARY SPILLS FARTHER SOUTH INTO NM...BEYOND WHAT MOST MODELS ARE INDICATING...IT COULD WREAK HAVOC ON WIND FORECAST DUE TO ORIENTATION OF THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED GRADIENT. HUMIDITY WILL TANK LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WITH THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS NEAR TX BEING THE ONLY EXCEPTION. HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND WELL-MIXED AIR MASS WOULD SEEM TO SUPPORT A GUSTY DAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...AND BEST CONFIDENCE FOR CRITICAL WINDS EXTENDS ALONG AND EAST OF A SOCORRO TO CLINES CORNERS TO RATON LINE...EXCLUDING SOME OF THE FAR PLAINS ALONG THE OK/TX BORDERS. HAVE THROWN IN MIDDLE RIO GRANDE FWZ106 TO THE WARNING. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A COUPLE OF STRAY GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE WEST CENTRAL ZONES...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PULL TRIGGER ON WARNING. CONFIDENCE IS A BIT HIGHER ON MONDAY DUE TO STRONGER WIND SIGNALS SUCH AS BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE SURFACE LOW PLACEMENT AND STRONGER WINDS ALOFT OF 20 TO 35 KT IN THE H7-H5 LAYER. VERY DRY AIR MASS ALOFT AND REINFORCEMENT FROM A MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL MAKE ANOTHER EXTREMELY LOW RH REGIME WITH POOR RECOVERIES MONDAY MORNING AND PROLONGED SINGLE DIGIT READINGS. HAVE EXTENDED WATCH FOR MONDAY TO INCLUDE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/MOUNTAINS. HAVE LEFT NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU OUT DUE TO LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE WINDS...BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE SCRUTINIZED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE WINDS ALOFT DO RELAX SOME INTO TUESDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO DRIFT NORTHWARD. STILL...A SUFFICIENT LEE SIDE SURFACE LOW WILL KEEP SOME BREEZY/WINDY CONDITIONS GOING IN THE EAST...PRIMARILY NEAR THE I-40 CORRIDOR. INTO WEDNESDAY AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK THE UPPER HIGH WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...PERIODICALLY CENTERING NEAR OR CLOSE TO THE FOUR CORNERS. THIS WILL SPELL DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS...BUT WITH LOW WINDS. MOISTURE MAY FINALLY BEGIN TO ARRIVE FROM THE EAST BY THE WEEKEND AS A BACK DOOR FRONT AND ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO SEEP IN. 52 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ102>104-106>108. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ102>109. && 43/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 6:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 NMZ501>540-241200- 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- 600 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS BORDER WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN CONDUCIVE TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO MAINLY THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WHERE ISOLATED BUT GENERALLY DRY STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 24 hr |
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Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.