All the heat from the very large El Niño has to go somewhere - from the National Weather Service:
Mar 25, 2016 Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Critical fire weather area for much of central/southern New Mexico and portions of far south-eastern Arizona and far west Texas
Portions of the desert southwest into the southern rockies and southern high plains - the elevated area has been expanded northward into a larger portion of eastern AZ and slightly north-eastward into more of the southern high plains of eastern New Mexico. Additionally, latest short-term model guidance has increased confidence in critical fire weather conditions occurring across west-central and east-central/south-eastern New Mexico as well as far south-eastern Arizona. The critical delineation has therefore been expanded to encompass these regions. High-end critical conditions appear probable across portions of the lower elevations of central New Mexico where winds of 25-35 mph with higher gusts and relative humidity values near/below 10 percent will combine with dry to very dry fine fuels. However...the lack of an even drier/warmer forecast low-level airmass currently precludes an extremely critical area at this time. Otherwise...the overall forecast scenario described in the previous discussion below remains valid.
Hope La Niña kicks in later this year to cool things back down and bring rain (and SNOW!!!) to the Pacific Northwest. Just one of the many cycles of nature.
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