A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS ON 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 110 Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 111 Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 112 South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ, Fire Weather Zone 55 El Paso County, and Fire Weather Zone 56 Hudspeth County. * WIND...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph in the lowlands and 65 mph in the mountains. * HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent. * EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...5 to 9 or Critical to Extreme * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.