High Wind Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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WWUS75 KABQ 051728
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1028 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008

...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM CENTRAL NEW 
MEXICO NORTH AND EASTWARD...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL CREATE STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST
WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING.

NMZ010-017-060100-
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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...RUIDOSO
1028 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO AS WELL AS THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS.
EXPECT STRONGEST WINDS OVER SUMMITS AND HILLTOPS...THROUGH GAPS
AND PASSES...AND BELOW CANYONS.

WIND DIRECTIONS WILL FAVOR THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON BEFORE SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY.

IF DRIVING...ESPECIALLY LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES...EXPECT GUSTY
CROSS WINDS WITH POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AT TIMES.

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

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NMZ005-011>013-018-020-021-060100-
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NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS/RATON...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...
SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI...FORT SUMNER...PORTALES...CLOVIS
1028 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008

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

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 OR 40 MPH BY EARLY
AFTERNOON THEN SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST AS HIGH AS 65 MPH
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO.

AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA PASS THROUGH
RATON PASS...INTERSTATE 40 FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANDIAS TO
THE TEXAS STATE LINE...AND SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 285...84...54...60 AND
70.

IF DRIVING...ESPECIALLY LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES...EXPECT DANGEROUS
CROSS WINDS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL...AND LOCALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST.

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


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NMZ003-009-026-060100-
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UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE
1028 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST THIS
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA.

SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED TO THE WIND ADVISORY
AREA WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN LINCOLN AND THE REMAINDER OF CHAVES
COUNTY. 

IF DRIVING...ESPECIALLY LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES...EXPECT GUSTY
CROSS WINDS WITH POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AT TIMES.

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NMZ004-006-007-016-019-060100-
/O.EXT.KABQ.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081106T0100Z/
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED RIVER/TAOS/SANTA FE...ROY...
CLAYTON...CARRIZOZO...ROSWELL
1028 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008

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

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL SWITCH
TO THE NORTHWEST AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THIS
SURROUNDS A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WHICH WILL
EXPERIENCE EVEN STRONGER WINDS.

AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 56 AND 70.

IF DRIVING...ESPECIALLY LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES...EXPECT GUSTY
CROSS WINDS WITH POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AT TIMES.

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KD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
304 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...
BIGGEST ISSUES TODAY SHOULD BE WIND RELATED ACROSS MOST OF THE E
HALF OF NM AS SURFACE WINDS TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO APPROACH AND IN
SOME CASES JUST CROSS OVER INTO HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. AREAS
MOST AFFECTED TO LIKELY BE E OF LINE FROM MANZANOS TO THE SANGRE
DE CRISTOS. THAT AREA ALSO SURROUNDED BY WIND ADVISORY AND BOTH
ENCOMPASS NEARLY ALL AREAS ALONG AND E OF CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. A FEW
SPOTS FARTHER TO W WILL APPROACH AND MAY EVEN BRIEFLY EXCEED WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY TOO MINIMAL TO
REALISTICALLY INCLUDE IN ANY HIGHLIGHTS. CONSIDERED DROPPING THE
WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR HIGHER TERRAIN OF ZONES 2 AND 4...BUT
DECIDED TO CONTINUE BASED ON A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES BETWEEN KFMN
AND KGUP JUST BEFORE 2 AM AND SOME LIGHT SNOW REPORTED IN RED
RIVER. HIGH COUNTRY REPORTS THOUGH HARD TO COME BY THIS EARLY IN
THE MORNING. FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT FEW IF
ANY REPORTS OF CRITERIA SNOW AMTS WILL BE REPORTED...BUT ENOUGH
PCPN STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THAT THERE IS STILL SMALL CHANCE.
THINGS WIND DOWN OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AND THEN SOME OF THE
COLDEST NIGHTTIME TEMPS OF THE FALL COMING THE NEXT 2 OR 3 NIGHTS.

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&&

.AVIATION...
WEATHER SYSTEM SWEEPING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 DROPPING CIGS TO MVFR IN LIGHT SHOWERS WITH SNOW ABOVE
9000 FEET FROM ARIZONA BORDER TO EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE
CRISTOS...WITH LIFTING CIGS BY 18Z LEAVING OCCASIONAL  MT TOP
OBSCURATION OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS. ONGOING GUSTY WINDS FEEDING
DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH WEST GUSTS TO 55 KTS
ON TAP FOR PLAINS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...LESSER GUSTS
OVER THE ADJACENT MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST
BY 00Z.

NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 22Z. SHY

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
MUSCULAR TROUGH ALOFT SWINGING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS
MORNING WILL DIG SOUTH AND SWING EAST TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY
THIS AFTERNOON. FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD...GUSTY
WEST WINDS WILL FEED INTO DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH OVER TEXAS
PANHANDLE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS
AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT PLUNGING SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY TODAY WILL
USHER IN BLAST OF MUCH DRYER AIR...AND WINDS MEETING FALLING
HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE
NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS RUNNING IN THE HIGH TO
LOCALLY VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER CLASS FOR THE DAY. WILL CONTINUE RED
FLAG WARNING FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS TO COVER. WINDS WILL SHIFT
BROADLY TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN WAKE OF COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO EARLY EVENING. SINGLE DIGIT DEW POINTS
WILL REACH INTERSTATE 40 EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THESE WILL REACH
THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND COMBINE WITH A
WIDESPREAD FREEZE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS TROUGH EXITS TO
CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE
BUILDS TO THE WEST...CONTINUED COOL TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR...WITH
DECREASING WIND SPEEDS TO WIND UP THE WORK WEEK.

SHY

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  49  23  48  21 /  20   5   0   0
GALLUP..........................  48  16  49  12 /  10   0   0   0
GRANTS..........................  51  17  53  15 /  10   0   0   0
GLENWOOD........................  60  26  61  24 /   5   0   0   0
CHAMA...........................  42  10  44   8 /  40   5   0   0
LOS ALAMOS......................  46  17  46  17 /  10   5   0   0
RED RIVER.......................  38  10  39   6 /  50  10   0   0
TAOS............................  43  17  44  13 /  30   5   0   0
SANTA FE........................  48  22  48  22 /  10   5   0   0
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  50  23  49  21 /  10   5   0   0
ESPANOLA........................  53  20  51  18 /  10   5   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  56  31  52  30 /   5   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  60  23  56  22 /   5   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  56  24  52  23 /   5   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  61  26  58  26 /   5   0   0   0
SOCORRO.........................  65  26  61  22 /   5   0   0   0
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  52  22  49  20 /  10   0   0   0
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  53  24  51  20 /   5   0   0   0
CARRIZOZO.......................  65  29  59  23 /   0   0   0   0
RUIDOSO.........................  57  28  54  23 /   0   0   0   0
RATON...........................  52  19  50  17 /  10  10   0   0
LAS VEGAS.......................  51  21  50  19 /  10   5   0   0
ROY.............................  55  31  54  29 /  10   5   0   0
CLAYTON.........................  61  27  54  26 /  10   5   0   0
SANTA ROSA......................  66  31  63  28 /   5   5   0   0
TUCUMCARI.......................  67  31  59  28 /   5   5   0   0
FORT SUMNER.....................  67  31  61  28 /   5   5   0   0
CLOVIS..........................  68  32  60  29 /   0   5   0   0
PORTALES........................  69  32  61  30 /   0   5   0   0
ROSWELL.........................  74  39  66  33 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ002-004.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...NMZ004-006-007-010-016-017-019.

RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ104.

HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ005-011>013-018-020-021.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1053 AM MST TUE NOV 4 2008

NMZ001>021-026-051300-
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-
1053 AM MST TUE NOV 4 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS AND NEAR
THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS WITH SPEEDS REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH AND SOME
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SEE THE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR MORE DETAILS.

ENOUGH SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THAT WITH FALLING SNOW
LEVELS THERE WILL BE JUST ENOUGH SNOWFALL ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
TO WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A SNOW ADVISORY FOR FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW. THE AREA OF GREATEST IMPACT IS LIKELY TO BE THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF RIO ARRIBA AND TAOS COUNTIES. SEE THE SEPARATE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY OF EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. WIND SPEEDS OF
35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MID
MORNING THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH WILL BE
ISSUED WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST FOR THESE AREAS. ELSEWHERE
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE COMMON. WIND ADVISORY SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS AND CHAVES
COUNTY.

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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