Weather
- Category: Weather
Central Grant County/Silver City Area-
Including the cities of Mimbres, Fort Bayard, and Silver City
1152 AM MDT Wed Jun 12 2024
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...High temperatures of 98 to 100 expected.
* WHERE...Central Grant County/Silver City Area.
* WHEN...Until 6 AM MDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
- Category: Weather
CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED FRIDAY... .Wind speeds are expected to increase across western areas of New Mexico Friday as a weather system approaches from the west. Southwesterly winds of 25 to 30 mph will be common during the afternoon and evening hours. These winds will combine with very hot and dry conditions resulting in an increase in fire danger across western fire zones including the Gila region along with southwest New Mexico.
NMZ110-111-122000-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.A.0011.240614T1700Z-240615T0300Z/
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
1234 PM MDT Tue Jun 11 2024
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 110 AND 111...
- Category: Weather
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-Eastern Black Range
Foothills-West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-East
Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Including the cities of Sacramento, Mayhill, Hillsboro, Grant
County Airport, Faywood, Timberon, Pinon, Hurley, Mountain Park,
Winston, and Mescalero
1021 AM MDT Tue Jun 11 2024
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM MDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...High temperatures of 98 to 101 expected.
- Category: Weather
Upper Gila River Valley-Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-
Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest
Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-Northern Dona Ana County-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-Otero Mesa-West Central
Tularosa Basin/White Sands-East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-
Southeast Tularosa Basin-Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central
El Paso County-Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt
Basin-Southern Hudspeth Highlands-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El
Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern
Hudspeth County-
- Category: Weather
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Northern Dona Ana County-
Including the cities of Hatch, Radium Springs, Deming, Garfield,
and Columbus
103 PM MDT Thu Jun 6 2024
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...high temperatures of 104 to 107
* WHERE...Northern Dona Ana County and Southwest Desert/Mimbres
Basin.
- Category: Weather
.CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .An approaching upper level storm system will help give us strong winds on Saturday. These winds combined with very low humidity values will lead to critical fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon. RH recovery values on both Saturday and Sunday morning will be poor. The strong and gusty winds will begin to slow Saturday evening a few hours after sunset. We will see less winds next week, but we will continue to little chance for rain and very dry min RH's values.
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
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-
- Category: Weather
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY... .Persistent dry west flow will continue with the very low humidity and above normal temperatures Thursday. Winds will be on the low end of warning criteria, but humidity and dry fuels will be well into warning criteria. Winds will diminish some Thursday evening, allowing the warning to end, but very low humidity will continue all night.
NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-231215-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0012.240523T1800Z-240524T0300Z/
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
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-
- Category: Weather
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... Persistent and deep southwest flow over the Desert Southwest will bring above normal temperatures, very dry to exceptionally dry air, AND breezy conditions Sunday onward. Winds will be strongest on Monday and perhaps into Tuesday. This will combine with very dry fuels to create critical fire conditions over much of southwest and south-central New Mexico.
NMZ110>113-191200-
/O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0009.240520T1800Z-240521T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0011.240520T1800Z-240521T0300Z/
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
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