Red Flag Warnings for extreme fire danger paired with Wind Advisories in effect today

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:06]BRIGHTENING SKIES OVER SANTA FE.

[00:00:09]GOT THE FOOD TRUCK THERE, RESTOCKING THE RESTAURANTS.

[00:00:12]601 IS OUR MORNING SUNRISE.

[00:00:14]WINDY START TO THE WEEK WITH BIG TIME FIRE DANGER CONCERNS.

[00:00:16]WE DO HAVE RAIN CHANCES COMING TO THE RESCUE.

[00:00:19]WELL, FOR SOME PARTS OF THE STATE THIS WEEK.

[00:00:22]RUNNING WARM BUT NOT OVERLY HOT.

[00:00:24]TEMPERATURES WILL BE REAL CLOSE TO MID AVERAGES.

[00:00:26]JET STREAM WINDS HAVE BEEN DROPPED TO THE SOUTH AS THIS STORM SYSTEM IS DIGGING IN HERE THROUGH UTAH AND COLORADO.

[00:00:31]THAT’S WHERE MOST OF THE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW IS GOING TO STAY.

[00:00:34]WE COULD CATCH A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY THOUGH, ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE STATE JUST GETS WIND BLASTED ONCE AGAIN.

[00:00:41]FARMINGTON OVER TOWARDS DURANGO, PAGOSA SPRINGS, PERHAPS INTO TAOS LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON.

[00:00:45]SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, A LITTLE BIT OF HIGH TERRAIN SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

[00:00:50]IT’S ALL ABOUT SUNSHINE, WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S, LOWER 90S, AND BIG TIME FIRE DANGER.

[00:00:54]CONCERNS HERE THAT DO INCLUDE ALBUQUERQUE.

[00:00:56]THE TIMING ON THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS IS A FULL 12 HOURS FROM 9:00 THIS MORNING, ALL THE WAY UNTIL NINE THIS EVENING.

[00:01:02]SO IT’S A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE ARE CONCERNED THAT ANY NEW FIRES WOULD SPREAD RAPIDLY.

[00:01:07]ANY ACTIVE FIRES WILL HAVE THEIR FLAMES FANNED.

[00:01:09]THESE ARE WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

[00:01:12]IT’S EITHER 30S OR 40S.

[00:01:14]WE COULD EXCEED 40MPH OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

[00:01:16]WIND ADVISORIES.

[00:01:17]SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, RUIDOSO ALSO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

[00:01:19]THESE WILL BE SOME SPOTS WHERE THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE UP TO 35.

[00:01:23]IN THE PEAK, WIND GUSTS COULD BE IN THE 50 TO 55 RANGE.

[00:01:27]NOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WE WILL WATCH SKIES CLEAR OUT.

[00:01:30]WINDS GRADUALLY SETTLE.

[00:01:30]IT WILL BE A PLEASANT START TO OUR TUESDAY AND COOLER 30S AND 40S IN THE COOL SPOTS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH HOLDING IN THE 50S FOR TUESDAY.

[00:01:39]WE START WITH SUNSHINE, WATCH CLOUDS BUILD A BIT.

[00:01:41]DURING THE AFTERNOON WE WILL START TO DRAW SOME MOISTURE BACK INTO THE STATE AND LOOK INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

[00:01:46]THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR STORM LATE IN THE DAY.

[00:01:49]STILL DEALING WITH SOME FAIRLY STRONG WIND GUSTS.

[00:01:51]NOT AS LONG OF A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT PEAKING UP AROUND 30MPH BY THE END OF THE DAY, ENOUGH TO CALL THE ROYALE DA BONA FIDE WINDY WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW MOISTURE TO THE STATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

[00:02:01]AND LOOK WHAT THAT LEADS TO DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

[00:02:04]PRETTY GOOD CHANCES THAT SHOWERS UP AND DOWN EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

[00:02:07]ALBUQUERQUE ON THE EDGE OF THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES, BUT I WOULD EXPECT SOME SOAKING RAINS IN RUIDOSO, MAYBE AS FAR WEST AS SANTA FE AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.

[00:02:14]AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE STORMS ALONG THE NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS STATE LINE.

[00:02:17]THEY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

[00:02:19]WE’RE ALREADY IN THE FIRST CATEGORY OF SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK.

[00:02:21]AND WEDNESDAY, YET ANOTHER DAY WITH A PRETTY PESKY WIND GUSTS, MAYBE NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, BUT A LOT OF US WILL STILL BE GUSTING INTO 24 COORS FORECAST.

[00:02:30]WE’RE RUNNING COOL TODAY IN THE UPPER 60S.

[00:02:32]WE’RE THE ONE CORNER OF THE STATE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE AT A SHOWER DRY GOING FORWARD.

[00:02:36]70 TUESDAY.

[00:02:37]WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.

[00:02:38]WE DO SURGE UP INTO THE 80S BY THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

[00:02:41]HERE’S SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO 76, SILVER CITY MIDDLE 80S OFF THE MOUNTAINS.

[00:02:44]WE’LL KEEP THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES GOING FORWARD REAL CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES ON A DAILY BASIS.

[00:02:48]HERE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE STATE.

[00:02:51]WE NEVER REALLY GET IN ON THOSE BETTER SHOWER CHANCES.

[00:02:54]SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, WE’VE GOT ALAMOGORDO, 84, LOWER 90S, ROSWELL, CARLSBAD.

[00:02:58]THE TEMPERATURE TREND IS DOWN GOING FORWARD.

[00:03:00]CLOUDS START TO BUILD TUESDAY AS WE DROP INTO THE 80S.

[00:03:02]HOW ABOUT A 78 WEDNESDAY WITH A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE AT STORMS?

[00:03:05]LOWER STORM CHANCES THURSDAY, FRIDAY.

[00:03:07]BUT THOSE STORM CHANCES COULD RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.

[00:03:09]GOING TO BE A REAL ACTIVE WEEK IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

[00:03:12]WE START WITH THE IMPACT WINDS TODAY.

[00:03:14]THE BIG TIME FIRE DANGER CONCERNS HIGHS UPPER 70S.

[00:03:17]WE’RE DOWN TO 69 TOMORROW.

[00:03:18]THEN ON WEDNESDAY EYEING UP PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

[00:03:21]A LITTLE LEFTOVER RAIN THURSDAY MAY CATCH A DRY ONE.

[00:03:24]FRIDAY.

[00:03:24]MORE STORM CHANCES THIS WEEKEND.

[00:03:27]NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

[00:03:28]WELL WE’RE AT 76 IN ESPANOLA, GENERALLY EXPECTING UPPER 60S FOR TAOS AND LOS ALAMOS.

[00:03:34]GOT SANTA FE AT 75 TODAY.

[00:03:36]SIMILAR TEMPERATURES TOMORROW.

[00:03:36]WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF STORMS WEDNESDAY AND THEN MAYBE WATCHING THE WEEKEND SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FOR ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO, EITHER UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

[00:03:44]OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE HERE IS 80 DEGREES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

[00:03:47]THAT’S THE NUMBER WE HOLD PRETTY CLOSE TO FOR THE WEEK AHEAD.

[00:03:50]WINDY TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW DURING THE AFTERNOON.

[00:03:53]WEDNESDAY WILL MENTION JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE AT A STORM.

[00:03:55]THEN WE’LL LOOK TOWARDS THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, MAYBE BY SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY WATCHING ANOTHER SMALL CHANCE AT STORMS.

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