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Fire danger
Red Flag Warning issued June 26 at 12:10PM MDT until June 27 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST, NORTHWEST, AND NORTHEAST NM AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST, NORTHWEST, AND NORTHEAST NM AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... .Critical fire weather conditions will return this weekend across most of northern and western New Mexico as well as the Central Highlands. Strong southwest winds with gusts up to 50 mph and humidity values falling below 15 percent are expected each day. Spotty wetting rainfall today and over the last few days will not significantly improve fuel dryness, with the northwest remaining the driest portion of the state. Any lightning-started fires will have the potential to grow quickly under these fire weather conditions. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque NM has issued a Red Flag Warning in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Sunday. * AFFECTED AREA...Northwest Plateau (Zone 101), Northeast Plains (Zone 104), West Central Mountains (Zone 105), West Central Basin and Range (Zone 109), North Central Mountains (Zone 120), Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley (Zone 121), Northeast Highlands (Zone 123), and Central Highlands (Zone 125). * TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Saturday. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Sunday. * 20 FOOT WINDS...For the first Red Flag Warning, southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, and for the second Red Flag Warning, southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...For the first Red Flag Warning, Relative Humidity between 12 to 28 percent, and for the second Red Flag Warning, Relative Humidity between 10 to 21 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
National Weather Service
Thunderstorm
Special Weather Statement issued June 26 at 4:35PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM At 435 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles south of White Rock, or 13 miles southeast of Los Alamos, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Santa Fe, White Rock, Pojoaque, Eldorado At Santa Fe, Tesuque, La Cienega, Rio En Medio in Santa Fe County, Hyde Memorial State Park, Canada De Los Alamos and Nambe Pueblo. This includes the following highways... Highway 285 between Mile Markers 289 and 290. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 265 and 295. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Blowing dust associated with strong thunderstorm winds can reduce visibility below one quarter mile at times.
National Weather Service