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...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 7 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM AREAWIDE DUE TO STRONG WIND, LOW HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WIND, LOW HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... .Critical fire weather conditions will focus over the Northeast Highlands today. Winds will trend stronger areawide on Saturday as an upper level trough moves through the region. Widespread critical fire weather is likely. Locally extreme fire weather conditions are possible over southeast portions of the forecast area, where wind gusts in excess of 50 mph are expected with Haines up to 6. In the wake of the upper level trough on Sunday, winds will trend weaker but remain strong enough critical fire weather conditions across the Central Highlands. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM MDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AREA AND TIMING...Northwest Plateau (Zone 101), West Central Mountains (Zone 105), West Central Basin and Range (Zone 109), Middle Rio Grande Valley (Zone 106), Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley (Zone 121), North Central, Sangre de Cristo, Sandia, and Manzano Mountains (Zones 120, 122, and 124), and the Northeast and East Central Plains (Zones 104 and 126) from 11 AM until 9 PM Saturday.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...West and southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, except 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph along and east of the central mountain chain.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values from 6 to 16 percent with locally higher values in the mountains near the Colorado border.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended..

* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTHWEST PLATEAU ... NORTHEAST PLAINS ... WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ... MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ... WEST CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE ... NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ... UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY ... SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ... SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS ... EAST CENTRAL PLAINS

Instructions:

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.