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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY UNTIL 6 PM MST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY. .Critical fire weather conditions will continue until 6 PM MST today east of the central mountain chain. West and northwest wind gusts up to 50 mph will be common until 4 PM MST, then up to 40 mph as late as 6 PM MST. Humidities will bottom out in the single digits and low teens this afternoon. On Sunday, a surface trough in the lee of the southern Rockies, and ample atmospheric mixing with high temperatures around 8 to 13 degrees above 30-year averages, will produce southwest wind gusts up to 45 mph while humidities again drop into the single digits and low teens. There is a roughly 30 percent chance that critical fire weather conditions will return to northeast and east central areas on Monday. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Fire Weather Watch...which is in effect from Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening.

* AREA AND TIMING...This includes the Northeast Plains (Zone 104), Northeast Highlands (Zone 123), and East Central Plains (Zone 126) until 6 PM MST today.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...For today, west and northwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50. For Sunday, southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values between 6 to 15 percent today and Sunday.

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

* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTHEAST PLAINS ... NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS ... EAST CENTRAL PLAINS

Instructions:

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.