NEW MEXICO IS DEALING WITH ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RIGHT NOW. AND FIRE METEOROLOGIST CHUCK MAXWELL WITH THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ABQ TELLS US IT’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR THE PAST WEEK. HE SAYS IT’S BECAUSE OF CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS.
HE PREDICTS THE WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH … AND SAYS DON’T BE SURPRISED IF THE CHANGE NEXT MONTH INCLUDES VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. HE SAYS THAT’S USUALLY THE CASE WHEN RECORD HEAT IS BROKEN BY RECORD STORMY CONDITIONS.
MAXWELL SAYS THE FIRE DANGER RIGHT NOW IS CONCENTRATED IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HALF A OF THE STATE.
