...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY... .A persistent trough over the Northern Rockies will maintain dry west flow across the U.S. Southwest. Disturbances within this prevailing flow will allow winds to increase further area wide early this week. Gusty winds will develop each afternoon combining with very low relative humidity to create critical to extreme fire danger. Recent lack of precipitation has progressed fuel dryness to a point where wildfire starts will be possible and spread aided by weather conditions. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...

* AFFECTED AREA...New Mexico Fire Weather Zones 110, 111, 112, and 113 in southwest and south-central New Mexico including Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, and Sierra Counties. Texas Fire Weather Zones 055 and 056 in far west Texas including El Paso and Hudspeth Counties.

* TIMING...From Noon to 9PM Monday. For the Fire Weather Watch, Tuesday afternoon and evening.

* WINDS...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 to 12 percent.

* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...For Monday, 4 to 6 Near Critical to Critical. For Tuesday, 5 to 8 Critical to Extreme.

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