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Until 2025-04-16T20:00:00-06:00 • National Weather Service
...CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... .An upper level trough is expected to swing through the Four Corners on Thursday aligning the jet stream across much of New Mexico. This will develop a lee cyclone over Eastern Colorado while deep mixing taps into higher winds aloft. Windy to very windy conditions will combine with single-digit lowland minimum RH values with only the highest elevations seeing minimum RH values in the teens. When combined with very dry fuels, critical to possibly extreme fire weather conditions are expected for Thursday afternoon. * 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 112 South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ and Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ. * TIMING...From 10 AM MDT to 9 PM MDT on Thursday. * WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 to 65 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 to 7 percent. * EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...5 to 9 or Critical to Extreme * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.