537 WWUS84 KMAF 012009 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 209 PM CST MON DEC 1 2008 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN... SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...MUCH OF THE TRANS PECOS TUESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS... 20 FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS... INCREASING THE FIRE DANGER. WINDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY PERSIST LONGER THAN OTHER AREAS. GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-258-021100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0068.081202T1800Z-081203T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 209 PM CST MON DEC 1 2008 /109 PM MST MON DEC 1 2008/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES POSSIBLY DROPPING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT... WARM DRY AIR... AND 20 FT WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO INCREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TUESDAY BUT WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY ACROSS THE PLAINS. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY EVENTUALLY BE EXTENDED IN TIME THERE. DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW INTO DANGEROUS...WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$