...CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS ON SUNDAY... .An upper-level low will move through the Great Basin on Sunday, which will steer the jet stream across New Mexico during the afternoon. Meanwhile, a surface low will develop over eastern Colorado increasing winds across the area. These strong winds will combine with very low relative humidity at all elevations and very dry fuels to create critical to extreme fire weather conditions Sunday afternoon.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 055 Texas Fire Weather Zone 055 El Paso County, Fire Weather Zone 110 Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 111 Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ, Fire Weather Zone 112 South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ and Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ.

* TIMING...From 11 AM To 9 PM Sunday

* WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent.

* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...5 to 8 Critical to Extreme

* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended