WHEN THE WINDS PICK UP AND THE HUMIDITY GOES DOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS…CONCERNS ABOUT SPRING WILDFIRES IN NEW MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS THEY’RE WATCHING ONE AREA OF THE STATE IN PARTICULAR. HE SAYS GRASSES IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO HAVEN’T GREENED UP YET… MEANING THERE IS MORE OF A FIRE CONCERN RIGHT NOW IN THAT PART OF THE STATE.
BUT SHOEMAKE SAYS MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOW PACK IN THE MOUNTAINS MEANS THE FIRE DANGER IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS SPRING IS LESS THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
