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Red Flag Warning issued May 25 at 4:19AM MDT until May 25 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PMAREAWIDE DUE TO STRONG WIND, LOW HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLEATMOSPHERE......FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRALHIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WIND, LOW HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLEATMOSPHERE....Winds will trend stronger areawide today as an upper leveltrough moves through the region steering the jetstream oversouthern and eastern New Mexico. Widespread critical fire weatheris likely, with extreme fire weather conditions in many locationseast of the central mountain chain where wind gusts up to 50 mphare expected with minimum humidities in the single digits. HainesIndices will max out at their highest possible value of 6 in mostlocations. In addition, a Pacific cold front will cross from thewest this afternoon and evening shifting winds out of thenorthwest and west. In the wake of the upper level trough onSunday, northwest winds will be weaker but still gusty, andpotentially strong enough for another round of critical fireweather conditions across the Central Highlands.* AREA AND TIMING...Northwest Plateau (Zone 101), West CentralMountains (Zone 105), West Central Basin and Range (Zone 109),Middle Rio Grande Valley (Zone 106), Upper Rio Grande Valley andLower Chama River Valley (Zone 121), North Central, Sangre deCristo, Sandia, and Manzano Mountains (Zones 120, 122, and 124),Northeast Highlands (Zone 123), and the Northeast and EastCentral Plains (Zones 104 and 126) from 11 AM until 9 PM today.* 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest and west 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to45 mph, except up to 50 mph east of the central mountain chain.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values from 4 to 16 percent withlocally higher values in the mountains near the Colorado borderand mostly single digits east of the central mountain chain.* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.Outdoor burning is not recommended..Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in thefield of this Red Flag Warning.

National Weather Service