5 days Ago By Adrian Barnett
The National Weather Service in El Paso, Texas, has alerted residents of southern New Mexico and west Texas to brace for potential fire hazards as critical fire weather conditions are expected this coming Saturday. Today, El Paso experiences a mostly cloudy morning that will give way to sun with a high near 80, a modest forewarning of the more severe conditions anticipated, according to the National Weather Service.Vulnerable areas specifically mentioned include El Paso County and Hudspeth County in Texas, and the Southwest Deserts and Lowlands, South Central Lowlands, and Southern Rio Grande Valley alongside Capitan and Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico, the weather pattern characterized by low humidity and strong winds poses an increased threat of rapidly spreading fires, outdoor burning during this period is not just ill-advised but potentially disastrous, any fire that develop will likely spread rapidly, the NWS cites the danger plainly, Outdoor burning is therefore strongly discouraged.
A Fire Weather Watch has been officially declared for Saturday afternoon through evening, with the main concerns being gusty winds and exceedingly low relative humidity, the regions identified will be subject to southwest to west winds at 20 to 30 mph with gusts reaching 40 mph and relative humidity dropping between 8 and 15 percent, according to the National Weather Service..
