5/19/14 5:53 AM
AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM.
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…

* AFFECTED AREA…MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM
AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NORTHWARD.

* TIMING…CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING MONDAY. CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS…SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.