FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, NEW MEXICO IS HAVING A RELATIVELY MILD FIRE SEASON. THAT ACCORDING TO METEOROLOGIST CHUCK MAXWELL AT THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER IN ABQ. BUT HE TELLS 770 KKOB THINGS COULD CHANGE COME JUNE. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL SETTLE IN BY JUNE…INCREASING THE FIRE DANGER, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.
MAXWELL SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN FIRES ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER ELEVATIONS, MOSTLY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO…BUT THERE HASN’T BEEN ENOUGH OF A DRY, WARM AND WINDY PATTERN TO DRIVE FIRE ACTIVITY.
