High Wind Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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WWUS75 KABQ 101209
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
509 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...VERY STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO TODAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL PASS THROUGH NEW MEXICO TODAY. 
EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO LOWER TOWARD THE SURFACE AND PROVIDE
WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 50 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND WELL AS THE HIGH PLAINS AND LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE
STRONG WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS
EVENING.

NMZ004-005-008-010>012-014>019-026-101900-
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.W.0003.060310T1500Z-060311T0100Z/
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...
LAS VEGAS/RATON...GALLUP/GRANTS...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANTA ROSA...GLENWOOD...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...
RUIDOSO...FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL
509 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...ADJACENT
HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...AS WELL AS THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST 
MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH BY MID MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO
AND THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY. THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY
EARLY THIS EVENING.

PERSONS TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 40
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG AND ABRUPT WIND GUSTS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

$$

NMZ006-007-013-020-021-101900-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.060310T1500Z-060311T0100Z/
HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROY...CLAYTON...TUCUMCARI...PORTALES...
CLOVIS
509 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES OF NEW
MEXICO...AS WELL AS HARDING COUNTY.

EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY THE MID-MORNING HOURS OVER
UNION...HARDING...QUAY...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. THE STRONG
WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY SUDDENLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO. 

$$

NMZ001>003-009-101900-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.060310T1500Z-060311T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...
ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE
509 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...NORTHWEST
MOUNTAINS...UPPER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY THE MID MORNING HOURS OVER PARTS OF
THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU AS WELL AS THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE SANTA FE AND
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY BEGIN TO 
SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

BEWARE OF BLOWING DUST WHICH CAN QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

$$

000 
WWUS75 KABQ 101824
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1124 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...VERY STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...

.THE CORE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL CROSS NEW MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUSE WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE STATE. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM
FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

NMZ004-005-008-010>012-014>019-026-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...
LAS VEGAS/RATON...GALLUP/GRANTS...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANTA ROSA...GLENWOOD...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...
RUIDOSO...FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL
1124 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN AND THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS TO THE EAST. ONE EXCEPTION
EXISTS NEAR THE CITY OF SANTA FE...WHERE SPEEDS WILL PEAK AT
SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. AT TIMES...THE
GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY WELL
BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS
SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 285 FR0M SANTA FE THROUGH ROSWELL. WIND
SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE
40 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG AND ABRUPT WIND GUSTS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

$$

NMZ006-007-013-020-021-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROY...CLAYTON...TUCUMCARI...PORTALES...
CLOVIS
1124 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER UNION...
HARDING...QUAY...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS WILL
BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. AT TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN
DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 87
FROM DES MOINES THROUGH CLAYTON.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY SUDDENLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO.

$$

NMZ001>003-009-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...
ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE
1124 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHWEST
PLATEAU...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND THE MIDDLE AND UPPER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE METRO AREAS. AT
TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP
VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG
CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 550 FROM
BLOOMFIELD TO BERNALILLO. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

BEWARE OF BLOWING DUST WHICH CAN QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

$$

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000 
WWUS75 KABQ 101838 CCA
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1135 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

CORRECTED TYPO IN FIRST PARAGRAPH

...VERY STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...

.THE CORE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL CROSS NEW MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUSE WIND SPEEDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. BY
EARLY AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM FROM 35 TO 50 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND
THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE
FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

NMZ004-005-008-010>012-014>019-026-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...
LAS VEGAS/RATON...GALLUP/GRANTS...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANTA ROSA...GLENWOOD...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...
RUIDOSO...FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL
1135 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN AND THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS TO THE EAST. ONE EXCEPTION
EXISTS NEAR THE CITY OF SANTA FE...WHERE SPEEDS WILL PEAK AT
SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. AT TIMES...THE
GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY WELL
BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS
SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 285 FR0M SANTA FE THROUGH ROSWELL. WIND
SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE
40 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG AND ABRUPT WIND GUSTS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

$$

NMZ006-007-013-020-021-110100-
/O.COR.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROY...CLAYTON...TUCUMCARI...PORTALES...
CLOVIS
1135 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER UNION...
HARDING...QUAY...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS WILL
BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. AT TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN
DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 87
FROM DES MOINES THROUGH CLAYTON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO
DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY SUDDENLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO.

$$

NMZ001>003-009-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...
ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE
1135 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHWEST
PLATEAU...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND THE MIDDLE AND UPPER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE METRO AREAS. AT
TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP
VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG
CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 550 FROM
BLOOMFIELD TO BERNALILLO. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

BEWARE OF BLOWING DUST WHICH CAN QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

$$

44

000
WWUS75 KABQ 102300
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
400 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...
...STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY...

.THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL WIND SPEED MAXIMUM THAT BROUGHT VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS TO NEW MEXICO TODAY WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE JET
STREAM AND EAST OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE JET STREAM
WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA
THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. TODAY/S VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DECREASE AFTER SUNSET WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS PERSISTING
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN. FROM MID MORNING UNTIL SUNSET SATURDAY...STRONG WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET STREAM WILL AGAIN MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE
IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN
PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THESE AREAS WILL REACH SPEEDS 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ON SATURDAY.

NMZ005-010>012-014>019-026-110100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0012.060311T1700Z-060312T0100Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS/RATON...
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANTA ROSA...
GLENWOOD...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...RUIDOSO...FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL
400 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. A
HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE
EVENING. AT TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY
DROP VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG
CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 285 FR0M SANTA FE
THROUGH ROSWELL.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN SATURDAY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH
SUNSET AT SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

$$

NMZ004-008-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...GALLUP/GRANTS
400 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SPEEDS FROM 35 TO 50
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH UNTIL SUNSET...WHEN SPEEDS WILL
GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DECREASE. ONE EXCEPTION EXISTS NEAR THE CITY OF
SANTA FE...WHERE SPEEDS WILL PEAK FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 50 MPH...THEN DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. AT TIMES...THE GUSTY
WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE
MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE
40 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG AND ABRUPT WIND GUSTS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

$$

NMZ006-007-013-020-021-110100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0012.060311T1700Z-060312T0100Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROY...CLAYTON...TUCUMCARI...PORTALES...
CLOVIS
400 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH UNTIL SUNSET...WHEN THEY WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY
DECREASE. AT TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST AND RAPIDLY
DROP VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS. STRONG
CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 87 FROM DES
MOINES THROUGH CLAYTON. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN SATURDAY FROM MID MORNING UNTIL
SUNSET AT SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY SUDDENLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO.

$$

NMZ001>003-009-110100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...
ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE
400 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH UNTIL SUNSET...WHEN SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY
BEGIN TO DECREASE. AT TIMES...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP DUST
AND RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE IN DUST PRONE
AREAS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 550
FROM BLOOMFIELD TO BERNALILLO. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

BEWARE OF BLOWING DUST WHICH CAN QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

$$

44

000
WWUS75 KABQ 110059
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
559 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

NMZ005-010>012-014>019-026-111100-
/O.EXP.KABQ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0012.060311T1700Z-060312T0100Z/
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS/RATON...
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANTA ROSA...
GLENWOOD...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...RUIDOSO...FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL
559 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST
SATURDAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. 

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
NEW MEXICO...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. HOWEVER...PERSONS TRAVELLING THROUGH THE AREA SHOULD BE
ALERT TO ABRUPT WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. WIND SPEEDS WILL STRETCH FROM
30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. BE ALERT TO VERY
STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM RATON TO SANTA FE AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 40 FROM TIJERAS TO THE TEXAS STATE BORDER.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL 
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

$$

NMZ004-008-110200-
/O.EXP.KABQ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...GALLUP/GRANTS
559 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
NEW MEXICO...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. HOWEVER...PERSONS TRAVELLING THROUGH THE AREA SHOULD BE
ALERT TO ABRUPT WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. 

$$

NMZ006-007-013-020-021-111100-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0012.060311T1700Z-060312T0100Z/
HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROY...CLAYTON...TUCUMCARI...PORTALES...
CLOVIS
559 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST
SATURDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. 

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
NEW MEXICO...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH THE REGION SHOULD BE ALERT TO
ABRUPT WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.
EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS PUSHING
50 MPH AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL 
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

$$

NMZ001>003-009-110200-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-060311T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...
ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE
559 PM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
NEW MEXICO...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH THE REGION SHOULD BE ALERT TO
ABRUPT WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

$$

DPORTER

000 
WWUS75 KABQ 050303
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
903 PM MDT TUE APR 4 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS A
RESULT...VERY STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY EXITS EAST.

NMZ002>007-009>013-015>021-026-051100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0019.060405T1800Z-060406T0200Z/
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...ESPANOLA...
RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...LAS VEGAS/RATON...ROY...CLAYTON...
ALBUQUERQUE...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...
SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...RUIDOSO...
FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL...PORTALES...CLOVIS
903 PM MDT TUE APR 4 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY. 

EXPECT STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR
50 MPH. BLOWING DUST WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

$$

NMZ001-008-014-051100-
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.A.0003.060405T1800Z-060406T0200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...GALLUP/GRANTS...GLENWOOD
903 PM MDT TUE APR 4 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. BLOWING DUST WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

$$

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000 
WWUS75 KABQ 050946
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
346 AM MDT WED APR 5 2006


NMZ001-008-014-051800-
/O.UPG.KABQ.HW.A.0003.060405T1800Z-060406T0200Z/
/O.EXA.KABQ.WI.Y.0019.060405T1800Z-060406T0200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...GALLUP/GRANTS...GLENWOOD
346 AM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS.
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BLOWING DUST CAN RAPIDLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 40. 

$$

NMZ002>007-009>013-015>021-026-051800-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0019.060405T1800Z-060406T0200Z/
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA/LOS ALAMOS...ESPANOLA...
RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...LAS VEGAS/RATON...ROY...CLAYTON...
ALBUQUERQUE...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...
SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI...SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...RUIDOSO...
FORT SUMNER...ROSWELL...PORTALES...CLOVIS
346 AM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

EXPECT STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR
50 MPH. BLOWING DUST CAN RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF
MILE AT TIMES IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATES 25 AND 40. 

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
930 PM MST THU MAR 9 2006

...UPGRADING HEADLINES PER LATEST 00Z MODEL GUIDANCE...

.UPDATE...
WILL QUICKLY UPDATE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR
SEVERAL ZONES ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. WICKED UPPER LEVEL JET
PROGGED TO SWING ACROSS NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS WITH 135+ KT 300MB SPEED MAX BISECTING THE SRN/
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS AT 500/700MB
TO PUSH 95/50KTS RESPECTFULLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NAM SOUNDINGS
SUGGEST MIXING TO 550MB...HOWEVER CLOUDS COULD PLAY SOME EFFECT
ON THE ABILITY TO REACH THIS LEVEL. NONETHELESS...STRONGEST SFC
WINDS SHOULD BE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. IN ADDITION...A DEEPENING
SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SE COLORADO...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE
WIND THREAT FOR THE ERN PLAINS. WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING
FOR SRN NMZ008...THE SW MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FROM THE SANGRES TO THE SACS AND THE HIGH
PLAINS. CURRENTLY FEEL THAT NRN NMZ008 AND NMZ009 MAY BE ON THE
UPPER END OF WIND ADVY...BUT REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING FOR
MAX WIND GUST POTENTIAL. WINDS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG NEAR THE
TEXAS BORDER...THUS WILL START WITH A WIND ADVY FOR THESE ZONES.

MEANWHILE...PCPN NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS SRN NV/SW UT. EVEN A FEW
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE NOTED ALONG REGION OF STRONG LIFT IN AREA
OF LEFT FRONT QUAD OF JET/DIVERGENCE. THIS WILL SPREAD INTO THE
FAR NW ZONES LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH OROGRAPHICS
ACROSS WRN SLOPES OF THE NRN MTS. WILL BEEF UP AMOUNTS SLIGHTLY...
BUT REMAIN UNDER ADVY CRITERIA FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REMAINDER
OF INHERITED FORECAST THRU FRIDAY AFTERNOON LOOKS GOOD. DPORTER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION 259 PM MST THU MAR 9 2006...
WINDY PATTERN SETTING  UP AS AN UPPER TROUGH STRENGTHENS OVER THE
GREAT BASIN. THE POLAR JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER NEW MEXICO LATE
TONIGHT AND STAY IN THAT POSITION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SPEED
MAXIMUMS WILL ZIP THROUGH THE STREAM AND INCREASE THE WINDS ABOVE
ALREADY BREEZY LEVELS AT TIMES...MOST NOTABLY FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.
FRIDAY LOOKS LIKE THE WINDIEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND...WHEN THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT MAY SUPPORT WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH
WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. THUS...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR FRIDAY ACROSS THE EAST AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR FRIDAY IN THE WEST. LOW HUMDITIES AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL
ACCOMPANY THE WINDS IN THE EAST...SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON FRIDAY...SO A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON
THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY...WHEN A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. MEANWHILE...THE NORTHWEST AND
WEST WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION.

THE JET WILL CARRY PERTURBATIONS THROUGH THE UPPER TROUGH AND
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NM THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH RAIN SHOWERS AT
THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE WEST DURING THE WARMEST PART OF EACH
DAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT FROM THE FOUR
CORNERS TO THE NORTHERN SANGRES...AND THIS AREA WILL BE FAVORED
FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING EACH PERIOD THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. HEADLINES FOR THE BLOWING SNOW MAY BE IN ORDER STARTING
TOMORROW...AND THEY COULD BE EXTENDED EACH PERIOD THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS THE PRECIPITATION PERSISTS IN WAVES. THE BEST CHANCE
FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE CO AND AZ
BORDERS WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MAY BEGIN TO BUILD AND BRING DRY WEATHER
TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR NMZ001-NMZ002-NMZ003-
NMZ009.

WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR NMZ006-NMZ007-NMZ013-
NMZ020-NMZ021.

HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR NMZ004-NMZ005-
NMZ008-NMZ010-NMZ011-NMZ012-NMZ014-NMZ015-NMZ016-NMZ017-NMZ018-
NMZ019-NMZ026.

RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY FOR NMZ103-NMZ104-
NMZ106-NMZ107-NMZ108.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NMZ104-NMZ108.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1220 PM MST THU MAR 9 2006

UPDATED DAY ONE AND DAY TWO FORECAST

NMZ001>021-026-101300-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
600 AM MST THU MAR 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WEST WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND HIGH FIRE DANGER.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN THE
NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...WEST WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BLOW AT
SPEEDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.  ALONG AND WEST
OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...FRIDAY/S SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.  A WIND ADVISORY VALID
FOR FRIDAY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUE FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
FRIDAY FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS BORDER DUE
TO HIGH WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH FIRE DANGER.

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FORECAST SATURDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST
OF INTERSTATES 25 AND 40.

SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS.

REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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