246 

WWUS85 KABQ 190238

RFWABQ



URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Albuquerque NM

838 PM MDT Mon May 18 2026



NMZ104-106-109-121>126-190345-

/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-260519T0300Z/

Northeast Plains-Middle Rio Grande Valley-West Central Basin and

Range-Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley-Sangre

de Cristo Mountains-Northeast Highlands-Sandia and Manzano

Mountains-Central Highlands-East Central Plains-

838 PM MDT Mon May 18 2026



...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...



The strong winds have decreased and the temperature has dropped. 

Hence, the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. A backdoor 

cold front will race southward across eastern NM raising humidity 

values this evening, but it will also bring gusty winds from the 

north for a few hours.



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830 

WWUS86 KHNX 190251

RFWHNX



URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Hanford CA

751 PM PDT Mon May 18 2026





CAZ579-580-190400-

/O.EXP.KHNX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260519T0300Z/

West Side Hills-San Joaquin Valley-

751 PM PDT Mon May 18 2026



...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND WEST SIDE HILLS

ALONG THE COASTAL RANGE...



The Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire at 8 PM this

evening as winds have decreased across the region. However, an 

elevated fire weather risk will remain this week due to dry

conditions.



$$



BSO






818 

WWUS86 KSTO 190251

RFWSTO



URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Sacramento CA

751 PM PDT Mon May 18 2026



CAZ124-142-144>146-148>150-152>161-163-164-190400-

/O.EXP.KSTO.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260519T0300Z/

Shasta Metro-N. Sac Valley in Tehama County-

Central Glenn Co & Interstate 5-Eastern Glenn County-

Butte County Below 1000 ft-Central Colusa County Incl. I-5-

Eastern Colusa County-Sutter/Yuba counties below 1000 ft-

W. Yolo County including Capay/I-505-

C. Yolo/NE Solano including Woodland-

Sac Metro/W. El Dorado/Amador County-

C. Solano County including Fairfield-

SW Solano County including Vallejo-Sacramento County Delta-

San Joaquin County Delta-C. San Joaquin County including Stockton-

Tracy Triangle Below 1000 ft-NE San Joaquin Valley Below 1000 ft-

W. Stanislaus County Above 1000 ft & I-5-

C. Stanislaus County including Modesto-

751 PM PDT Mon May 18 2026



...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR

GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES

124,142,144,145,146,148,149,150,152,153,154,155,156,

157,158,159,160,161,163 AND 164...



Northerly winds have diminished, therefore the Red Flag Warning 

for the Sacramento Valley, Delta and northern San Joaquin Valley 

will expire at 8 PM PDT. 



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http://weather.gov/sacramento