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Weather Alerts-

Low Severity Alert

Fire Weather Watch

From Sun 12:00 pm until 8:00 pm MDT

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Action Recommended

Make preparations per the instructions

Issued By

Albuquerque - NM, US, National Weather Service

Affected Area

East Central Plains

Description

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... AREA AND TIMING...Northeast Plains (Zone 104) and East Central Plains (Zone 126) Sunday from noon until 8 PM MDT. 20 FOOT WINDS...Northeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values between 6 and 10 percent, except up to 15 percent in Union County. 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 Fire Weather Watch.

More Information

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY... .After widespread poor humidity recovery tonight, a dry backdoor cold front will plunge through the eastern plains on Sunday with northeast wind gusts up to 40 mph. Despite the backdoor front, humidities will mostly bottom out in the single digits Sunday afternoon as high temperatures climb between 10 and 26 degrees above 1991-2020 averages.
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