MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON SUNDAY... ...CRITICAL TO NEAR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON TUESDAY... .Breezy west flow continues today with a lee surface low over eastern New Mexico. Winds will be slightly weaker than Saturday, but still likely to reach critical thresholds and promote rapid fire spread. The winds, in combination with very low humidity and critically dry fuels, will lead to critical fire weather conditions for several hours Sunday afternoon. Another system will approach the area on Tuesday, which will bring strong winds with 20-foot gusts as high as 50 MPH. Lowland RH values will drop well into the teens with values of 15 to 25 percent in the mountains. Nevertheless, given the dry fuels, the fire danger will remain very high in the Lincoln and Capitan National Forests and is included within the Fire Weather Watch
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ-
Texas Fire Weather Zone 055
El Paso County- Texas Fire Weather Zone 056
Hudspeth County-
337 AM MDT Sun Mar 30 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY (Sunday) TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS, DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has
issued a Red Flag Warning for Noon Sunday to 7 PM MDT and a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through
Tuesday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 055 Texas Fire Weather Zone
055 El Paso County, Fire Weather Zone 056 Texas Fire Weather
Zone 056 Hudspeth County, Fire Weather Zone 111 Southwest
Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 112
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ
and Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento
Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ.
* TIMING...For the Warning, Sunday Afternoon from Noon through 7
PM MDT. For the Watch, Tuesday afternoon Noon through 9 PM MDT.
* WINDS...For Sunday, West winds around 20 mph with gusts up to 40
mph. For Tuesday, West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50
mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...For Sunday, 7 to 13 percent. For Tuesday, 10
to 15 percent below 7500 and 15 to 25 percent above 7500 feet.
* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...For Sunday, 3 to 5 or Near-Critical to
Critical. For Tuesday, 4 to 7 or critical to near-extreme
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
