Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2011, 4:10 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 19, 2011, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 29 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2011, 4:10 AM MST (11:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2011, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS45 KABQ 181110 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 410 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM SWEEPING ACROSS NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...AS A SHARP BLAST OF COLD AIR PLUNGES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY ACROSS THE STATE ON MONDAY AS EASTBOUND STORM MOISTURE RAMS INTO SOUTHBOUND COLD AIR. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW FOCUS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO MONDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. NMZ506>508-526-181900- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T0700Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T0700Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 410 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES LOCALLY OVER THE SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND END BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...GENERALLY LIGHT AT 5 TO 15 MPH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 8000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING FALLING TO 7500 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND TO THE SURFACE AT ALL LOCATIONS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...HIGHWAY 180...AND STATE ROADS 117 AND 53. IN LINCOLN COUNTY...EXPECT ACCUMULATING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS HIGHWAYS 70 AND 380...AND STATE ROADS 37...48...AND 220. ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...WITH SLICK AND ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING FIRST ON BRIDGES AND OVER CULVERTS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY AND OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPEDE OR BLOCK TRAVEL IN SPOTS...WITH ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ527>537-181900- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- 410 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 OR MORE INCHES OF FRESH SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...SOME GUSTS LOCALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAY 60...HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87...STATE ROAD 39...AND HIGHWAYS 56 AND 412 ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NMZ504-510>519-521>524-538>540-181900- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 410 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 OR MORE INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY NEAR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA WHERE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOSTLY RAIN. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED...EXCEPT FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 25... HIGHWAY 550...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ SHY
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271 WWUS45 KABQ 181858 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM SWEEPING ACROSS NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A SHARP BLAST OF COLD AIR PLUNGES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY ACROSS THE STATE MONDAY AS EASTBOUND STORM MOISTURE RAMS INTO SOUTHBOUND COLD AIR. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW WILL FOCUS OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. NMZ535>537-182230- /O.CAN.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...SOME GUSTS LOCALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ506>508-526-182230- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T0700Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND END BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 8000 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FALLING TO 7500 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO ALL LOCATIONS MONDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...HIGHWAY 180...AND STATE ROADS 117 AND 53. IN LINCOLN COUNTY...EXPECT ACCUMULATING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS HIGHWAYS 70 AND 380...AND STATE ROADS 37...48...AND 220. ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...WITH SLICK AND ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING FIRST ON BRIDGES AND OVER CULVERTS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY AND OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPEDE OR BLOCK TRAVEL IN SPOTS...WITH ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ527>534-182230- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SOME GUSTS LOCALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NMZ538>540-182230- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 25... HIGHWAY 550...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-182230- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 OR MORE INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NEAR THE SANTA FE AIRPORT AND ESPANOLA. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ504-510-511-182230- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 OR MORE INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ519-182230- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 1158 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF RIO RANCHO. THE LOWEST AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY WHERE A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ GUYER
135 WWUS45 KABQ 181956 CCA WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM SWEEPING ACROSS NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A SHARP BLAST OF COLD AIR PLUNGES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY ACROSS THE STATE MONDAY AS EASTBOUND STORM MOISTURE RAMS INTO SOUTHBOUND COLD AIR. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW WILL FOCUS OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. NMZ535>537-182345- /O.CAN.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...SOME GUSTS LOCALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ506>508-526-182345- /O.COR.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T0700Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND END BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 8000 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FALLING TO 7500 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO ALL LOCATIONS MONDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...AND HIGHWAY 180. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ527>534-182345- /O.COR.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SOME GUSTS LOCALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NMZ538>540-182345- /O.COR.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-182345- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 OR MORE INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NEAR THE SANTA FE AIRPORT AND ESPANOLA. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ504-510-511-182345- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 OR MORE INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ519-182345- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 1250 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF RIO RANCHO. THE LOWEST AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY WHERE A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ GUYER
485 WWUS45 KABQ 182250 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY...AS A SHARP BLAST OF COLD AIR PLUNGES SOUTHWARD INTO THE STATE. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE MONDAY WHILE TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ALONG VALLEY FLOORS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. NMZ527>534-190600- /O.UPG.KABQ.BZ.A.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND ZERO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. && $$ NMZ535>540-190600- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-190600- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ON HIGHER RIDGES AND SUMMITS. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATION AREAS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET OF THE EVENT EARLY MONDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A SHALLOW POCKET OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ506>508-526-190600- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T0700Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND END BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 8000 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING FALLING TO 7500 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO ALL LOCATIONS MONDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...AND HIGHWAY 180. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ504-510-511-190600- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ519-190600- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 350 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS AND WEST MESA...INCLUDING RIO RANCHO. 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY WHERE A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 7000 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A POCKET OF COLD AIR ALONG THE VALLEY FLOOR MAY ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ GUYER
891 WWUS45 KABQ 190555 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY...AS A SIGNIFICANT SHOT OF COLDER AIR PLUNGES SOUTHWARD INTO THE STATE. RAIN AND SNOW CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE DAY WHILE TURNING TO ALL SNOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR EVEN WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ALONG VALLEY FLOORS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WELL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE STATE BETWEEN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND MIDDAY TUESDAY. NMZ527>534-191300- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATER MONDAY MORNING AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND ZERO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. && $$ NMZ506>508-526-191300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T0700Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH TO A FEW FLURRIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...BETWEEN 7000 AND 8000 FALLING TO BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO ALL LOCATIONS MONDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...AND HIGHWAY 180. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ535>540-191300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY ACROSS CURRY COUNTY WEST THROUGH NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTY. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN MID MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON MONDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-191300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ON HIGHER RIDGES AND SUMMITS. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATION AREAS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AT THE ONSET OF THE EVENT EARLY MONDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 TO 7500 FEET INTO MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A SHALLOW POCKET OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY MONDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ504-510-511-191300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 TO 7500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ519-191300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 1055 PM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS AND WEST MESA...INCLUDING RIO RANCHO WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY WHERE A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE METRO AREA THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO LATE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 6500 FEET INTO MONDAY MORNING THEN FALLING STEADILY TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A POCKET OF COLD AIR ALONG THE VALLEY FLOOR MAY ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE METRO AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ 43
485 WWUS45 KABQ 191200 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM CENTERED NEAR EL PASO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PLUNGES FROM COLORADO SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST PLAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM INTERSTATE 40 NORTHWARD. REDUCED WIND SPEEDS ELSEWHERE WILL EASE BLOWING SNOW WOE...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO...AND ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FROM INTERSTATE 40 SOUTHWARD. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST...AND COLD FRONT PUSHED WELL SOUTH ACROSS THE MEXICO BORDER...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING TO EASE THESE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ527>534-191900- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. LOCALLY...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS MORNING WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY TO THE TEXAS LINE...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND ZERO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ506>508-526-191900- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. EXPECT HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUMMITS...INCLUDING MOUNT TAYLOR AND THE HIGHER PEAKS OF CATRON AND WESTERN SOCORRO COUNTY. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH TO A FEW FLURRIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO 6500 FEET BY THIS EVENING AND TO THE SURFACE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...AND HIGHWAY 180. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ535>540-191900- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN CURRY...NORTHERN DE BACA...AND NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...BREEZY NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...AND ACROSS HIGHWAYS 70 AND 380 ACROSS LINCOLN AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-191900- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER EAST FACING SLOPES. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH TONIGHT * WINDS...BREEZY NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH LATE AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO 6000 FEET BY EVENING AND TO THE SURFACE BY MIDNIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM TIJERAS ACROSS TORRANCE COUNTY TO MILE MARKER 240...INTERSTATE 25 FROM SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO TO GLORIETA PASS AT MILE MARKER 300...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ505-509-191900- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH LOCALLY ON LOWER SLOPES AND IN FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 FEET TODAY FALLING TO 6000 FEET BY TONIGHT. VALLEYS NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER WILL REMAIN BELOW SNOW LEVEL. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT LOCALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40 FROM THE ARIZONA LINE TO GALLUP...OR FROM MILE MARKER ZERO TO MILE MARKER 40...AND HIGHWAY 180 IN SOUTHWEST CATRON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ525-191900- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH LOCALLY OVER THE SLOPES EAST OF HIGHWAY 54. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WIND SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT...WITH SPEEDS 15 MPH OR LESS. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO 6000 FEET TODAY AND TO 5000 FEET BY TONIGHT. AREAS NEAR CARRIZOZO AND THE HIGHWAY 380 AND HIGHWAY 54 JUNCTION WILL REMAIN BELOW SNOW LEVEL TONIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES ALONG HIGHWAYS 380 AND HIGHWAY 54...AND OVER STATE ROAD 349 TOWARD WHITE OAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ504-510-511-191900- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR LOS ALAMOS AND OVER THE JEMEZ MOUNTAIN SUMMITS. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...BREEZY NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 FEET FALLING TO THE SURFACE BY TONIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ519-191900- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 500 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES FOR RIO RANCHO AND SOUTHERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE WEST MESA AND THE EASTERN HEIGHTS...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE SOUTH VALLEY AND VALENCIA COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY...AN ADDITIONAL INCH ALONG HIGHWAY 550...AND OVER THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WIND BECOMING EAST BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH SPEEDS 15 MPH OR LESS. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 FEET FALLING TO 5500 FEET BY TONIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ SHY
631 WWUS45 KABQ 191859 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM OVER PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO... .A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO COMBINED COLD AIR PLUNGING SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40 FROM CLINES CORNERS EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM LAS VEGAS NORTH TO THE COLORADO STATE LINE. HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS PARTICULARLY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS. SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING TO EASE THESE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ504-511-192330- /O.UPG.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ527>534-192330- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TO 8 TO 16 INCHES FARTHER TO THE NORTH TOWARD THE COLORADO BORDER. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS LINE...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM LAS VEGAS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND ZERO THROUGH NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ506>508-526-192330- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 18 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET... WITH LOCALLY UP TO 30 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHER AREAS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATING ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM NEAR GALLUP TO LAGUNA PUEBLO...OR FROM MILE MARKER 40 TO MILE MARKER 125...AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60...STATE ROAD 12...AND HIGHWAY 180. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ535>540-192330- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE ROSWELL AREA. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW ACROSS HIGHWAY 60... AND ACROSS HIGHWAYS 70 AND 380 ACROSS LINCOLN AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-192330- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES OVER HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM TIJERAS ACROSS TORRANCE COUNTY TO MILE MARKER 240...INTERSTATE 25 FROM SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO TO GLORIETA PASS AT MILE MARKER 300...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ505-509-510-192330- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER HIGHER RIDGES AND PEAKS OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH MAINLY OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 FEET FALLING TO ALL AREAS LATER TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ519-525-192330- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- 1159 AM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES FOR RIO RANCHO...THE WEST MESA...AND THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE SOUTH VALLEY...AND LOWER ELEVATIONS OF VALENCIA COUNTY AND THE UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY. MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...5000 FEET FALLING TO ALL AREAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ GUYER
758 WWUS45 KABQ 192246 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO... .A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMBINED WITH COLD AIR PLUNGING SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40 FROM CLINES CORNERS EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM LAS VEGAS NORTH TO THE COLORADO STATE LINE. HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS PARTICULARLY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS. SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING TO EASE THESE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ527>534-200600- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TO 8 TO 16 INCHES FARTHER TO THE NORTH TOWARD THE COLORADO BORDER. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS LINE...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM LAS VEGAS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND ZERO THROUGH NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ504-506>508-511-526-200600- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 TO 16 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550...AND INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ535>540-200600- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE ROSWELL AREA. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING THEN BECOME ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW ACROSS HIGHWAY 60... AND ACROSS HIGHWAYS 70 AND 380 ACROSS LINCOLN AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-200600- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES OVER HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM TIJERAS CANYON EAST TO CLINES CORNERS...INTERSTATE 25 FROM SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO TO GLORIETA PASS...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ505-509-510-200600- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER HIGHER RIDGES AND PEAKS OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...6500 FEET FALLING TO ALL AREAS LATER TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ519-525-200600- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- 346 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS AND 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE RELEGATED TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES EXCEPT IN THE FOOTHILLS WHERE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...5000 FEET FALLING TO ALL AREAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 25...AND HIGHWAY 550. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ GUYER
754 WWUS45 KABQ 200600 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS NEW MEXICO... .THE CIRCULATION AROUND A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF FALLING AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED LIGHTER SNOWS AND REFREEZING OF MOISTURE ON ROAD SURFACES...AS WELL AS AREAS OF FREEZING FOG...WITH KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO AS WELL. SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY TO EASE THESE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ538-540-200700- /O.CAN.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIMITED SNOWFALL WILL KEEP ANY ACCUMULATIONS VERY MINIMAL OVERNIGHT. $$ NMZ509-200700- /O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIMITED SNOWFALL WILL KEEP ANY ACCUMULATIONS VERY MINIMAL OVERNIGHT. $$ NMZ527>534-201200- /O.CON.KABQ.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SPOTTY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TO 2 TO 5 INCHES FARTHER TO THE NORTH TOWARD THE COLORADO BORDER. SNOW DRIFTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH MOST AREAS THROUGH DAWN TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD DAWN. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS LINE...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM LAS VEGAS TO THE COLORADO LINE...AND HIGHWAYS 84...39...AND 104. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ504-506>508-511-526-201200- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND PATCHY DENSE FREEZING FOG REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SPOTTY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARD DAWN. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SNOW OR FOG. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN... ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550...AND INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ535>537-539-201200- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL SPOTTY 1 TO 3 INCHES...MOSTLY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF LINCOLN COUNTY...CURRY COUNTY AND NORTHERN DE BACA AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE A FEW HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ512>518-521>524-201200- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND PATCHY DENSE FREEZING FOG REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SPOTTY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY DAWN TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...DIMINISHING TOWARD DAWN. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM TIJERAS CANYON EAST TO CLINES CORNERS...INTERSTATE 25 FROM SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO TO GLORIETA PASS...AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ501-201200- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE A FEW HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO A FEW FLURRIES. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL AREAS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND FOG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ505-510-201200- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...VERY LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...MAINLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AND NEAR THE DIVIDE. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE A FEW HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO A FEW FLURRIES. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL AREAS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SNOW AND PATCHY FOG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ NMZ519-525-201200- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-111220T1200Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- 1100 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND PATCHY DENSE FREEZING FOG REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH ADDITIONAL...MAINLY IN THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER UNTIL A FEW HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL AREAS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG. REFREEZING OF MOISTURE INTO ICY PATCHES IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269...OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. && $$ 43
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 18, 3:18 AM MST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:18 AM MST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 318 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2011 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...IMPRESSIVE CUT OFF LOW STORM SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR MEXICALI IN NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA WITH BROAD CIRCULATION OVER NEW MEXICO...AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW SITTING OVER NORTHERN SONORA. PATTERN KEEPING THE HIGH CLOUD COVER IN NORTHWARD PLAY TOWARDS NEW MEXICO...AND HELPING TO MODERATE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT. VIGOR OF STORM SYSTEM ENOUGH FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES OFF SAN DIEGO AND IN NORTHERN MEXICO...AND FORECAST STORY WILL MOVE THIS SYSTEM EASTWARD AND NORTHWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS. MODELS...IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON COMPLEX AND EVOLVING PATTERN THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING PRE HOLIDAY WORK WEEK...WITH SOME DIFFERENCES EMERGING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AND BEYOND. PLAUSIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION WITH ROBUST RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY WILL MOVE CLOSED LOW FROM NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA TO ROUGHLY TUCSON TONIGHT...AND AND ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ON MONDAY. EASTERLY STORM TRACK WILL PICK UP NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT HEADING INTO MONDAY NIGHT TO LEAVE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. AS THE BIG ONE DEPARTS...A MORE MODEST CLOSED LOW WILL SHAPE UP NEAR YUMA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY...AND HELP AMPLIFY TROUGH FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO BAJA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS TROUGH WILL OPEN TO A WAVE EARLY WEDNESDAY AND SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEXT INBOUND SYSTEM STARTING TO AMPLIFY OVER THE INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY WILL AMPLIFY AND SINK SOUTHWARD TO THE FOUR CORNERS LATE THURSDAY AND THEN MOVE THIS FEATURE EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST FLOW SATURDAY WILL BUCKLE OVER UTAH AND NEVADA ON SATURDAY...AND THIS TROUGH WILL SWING SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY. WITH DRY ORIGINS...NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY PRECIPITATION FROM ANY OF THESE TRAILING SYSTEMS HEADING THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND. NEAR TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ACTIVE WEATHER DAY TODAY WILL SET THE TABLE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN SONORA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA NEAR EL PASO BY TONIGHT....AS STRONG COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK ON MONDAY. ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN ARIZONA EXTENDING INTO CHIHUAHUA WILL EXPAND OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HELP SUPPORT BROAD EXPANSION OF SHOWER AND SNOW COVERAGE. SHOWER COVERAGE DEVELOPING NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER THIS MORNING WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME THUNDER POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND SOME HIGH COUNTRY SNOW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES. SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO 7500 FEET OVER THE WEST TONIGHT WILL HELP EXPAND SNOW COVERAGE WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...AND OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. WILL UPGRADE WATCH FOR THESE SPOTS TO WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...SNOW COVERAGE WILL EXPAND BUT OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MODEST OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTOS TONIGHT...AS THE SOURCE OF DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE LIES WELL TO THE SOUTH. SOME WARMER AIR OVERRIDING COLD AIR DAMMED IN WITH THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS MAY PRODUCE A CONFINED AREA OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT...AS RAIN STARTS THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. AHEAD OF THE SNOW AND COLD...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL BE WITHIN A HANDFUL OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR MONDAY...CLOSED LOW MOVING TO NEAR ARTESIA BY MIDDAY MONDAY AS POWERFUL COLD FRONT PENETRATES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 TO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS OVERHEAD COMBINED WITH BLAST OF LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL EXPAND SNOW COVERAGE RAPIDLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH BROAD AREA OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS EARLY...AND EXPANDING SOUTHWARD AND WESTWARD THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH NORTH WIND SPEEDS PUSHING UP ABOVE 30 KTS...WHITE OUTS IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE A REAL POSSIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TRAVEL HEADACHES. HEAVY SNOW FOCUS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO THE DECK OVER THE EAST...AND REMAINS IN THE 6500 TO 7000 FOOT RANGE OVER THE WEST. WILL RETAIN BLIZZARD WATCH EAST...AND WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE FOR NOW...AND GIVE DAY SHIFT COLLEAGUES ONE MORE GOOD LOOK AT THINGS DURING THE DAY TODAY. LAST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CLEAR OUT OF SOUTHERN CHAVES COUNTY JUST IN TIME FOR A SIGNIFICANT BLAST OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOW MONDAY DAYTIME WILL PILE UP OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO SUMMITS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL DUMP OF HEAVY SNOW OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE MONDAY NIGHT. WITH MONDAY DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RUNNING 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW MID DECEMBER NORMALS...MONDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL INTO THE TEENS OVER THE SNOWIEST AREAS IN THE EAST...AND 20S TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. FOR TUESDAY...CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY...AS NEXT CLOSED LOW STARTS TO DEEPEN OVER WESTERN ARIZONA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. BLOWING SNOW OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL EASE AS WIND SPEEDS DECREASE AND SNOW REDUCES IN COVERAGE...BUT PREVIOUS SNOWFALL WILL KEEP THINGS WINTRY THROUGH THE DAY. LAST OF THE SNOW SHOWERS STATEWIDE WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE ARIZONA BORDER COUNTRY OF CATRON COUNTY...WHERE A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS FROM THE YUMA LOW TO THE OKLAHOMA LOW MAY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 12 HOURS. COLD TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD WILL MODERATE THE DROP SOMEWHAT OVER A REFRIGERATOR OF FRESH SNOW COVER. FOR WEDNESDAY...CLOSED LOW OVER YUMA WILL OPEN TO A WAVE AND MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY...AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE WEST WEDNESDAY DAYTIME WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH MODEST ACCUMULATIONS AT BEST. A LITTLE WARM UP WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES STILL 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE LAST THIRD OF DECEMBER. OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE...PARADE OF FAIRLY DRY DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH MEAN NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRST SYSTEM OUT OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WILL SWEEP THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH REINFORCING SHOT OF ENERGY MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY...AND YET A THIRD MOVING THROUGH ON CHRISTMAS EVE. SOME SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH AND CENTRAL THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH AFTER THURSDAY NIGHT MAINLY DRY LOOKING THIS FAR OUT. COOL PUNCH COMING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL ERODE ANY TEMPERATURE REBOUND FOR A COOL FRIDAY...AND A CHRISTMAS EVE DAY THAT WILL TOP OUT ABOUT TEN DEGREES BELOW LATE DECEMBER NORMALS. SHY && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS IN LOW STRATUS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING SE OF A LINE FROM KSRR TO KCAO. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO DEPICTS LOW CLOUDS SPREADING INTO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE VALLEYS OF THE SW MTNS. KONM MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. SHRA AND MTN SHSN WILL INCREASE THIS AFTN MAINLY W OF CONT DIVIDE AND S OF I-40...BUT POSSIBLY ALSO FARTHER E SOUTH OF HWY 60. ISOLD TS ALSO POSSIBLE. WDSPR MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS IN RA...EMBEDDED TS AND MTN SN EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MOST PERSISTENT PRECIP ALONG/S OF I-40. MAY EVEN SEE SOME -FZRA IN THE VICINITY OF THE SANDIA MTNS...POSSIBLY IMPACTING KABQ...K0E0 AND KSAF BY SUNRISE MON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF ERN NM WITH A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MONDAY...THEN TO VALLEY BOTTOMS OF THE WEST MONDAY NIGHT. WDSPR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FEW TO SEVERAL INCH RANGE LIKELY...WITH OVER A FOOT POSSIBLE ACROSS MTNS AND MUCH OF THE ERN PLAINS. FAA PROBLEM PREVENTING TRANSMISSION OF KTCC OBS UFN. CALL ASOS 575.461.4940. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 22Z. 44 && .FIRE WEATHER... MAIN IMPACTS THE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL BE A MAJOR WINTER STORM LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD OVER THE STATE THU AND FRI WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SNOW ACCUMULATION. OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD POOR VENTILATION WILL CONTINUE TODAY...TUE...THU AND FRI. SOME IMPROVEMENT DUE TO STRONGER WINDS ON OTHER DAYS. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE S BORDER OF AZ TODAY...THEN ALONG THE S BORDER OF NM TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING BEFORE EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD WETTING PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF NEW MEXICO BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE W CENTRAL AND SW MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NM MAINLY S OF HWY 60 THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS FAR N AS I-40 TONIGHT. INITIALLY MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN WITH HIGH TERRAIN SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INFILTRATE THE SYSTEM ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD CORE CROSSES AND A STRONG BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PLUNGES THROUGH THE PLAINS. THIS WILL DROP THE SNOW LEVELS TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE EAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT NOT TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN VALLEYS UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. BY TUESDAY MORNING...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH SEVERAL INCHES TO OVER A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN VALLEYS MAY ALSO RECEIVE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND NW PLATEAU LOOK LEAST FAVORED FOR WETTING PRECIP. A SECONDARY UPPER LOW MAY PASS WESTWARD THROUGH THE DESERT SW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING UPPER LOW...BUT IT WONT HAVE A TAP OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OR UPPER TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHWARD OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THURSDAY THEN EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN NM FRIDAY. MODELS DISAGREE ON STRENGTH AND MOISTURE WITH THIS ONE...BUT AGREE THAT IT WILL BE COLDER. ECMWF CONTINUES TO SUGGEST IT COULD PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. 44 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 45 26 43 24 / 5 30 20 10 DULCE........................... 42 18 40 15 / 5 30 30 20 CUBA............................ 42 24 38 21 / 5 40 60 40 GALLUP.......................... 44 25 42 19 / 20 60 40 10 EL MORRO........................ 40 24 37 18 / 10 80 70 30 GRANTS.......................... 41 27 38 18 / 10 70 70 30 QUEMADO......................... 42 27 38 19 / 20 80 70 20 GLENWOOD........................ 50 32 43 26 / 60 80 70 10 CHAMA........................... 41 12 35 10 / 5 40 40 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 41 26 33 24 / 0 50 70 40 PECOS........................... 44 26 33 19 / 0 60 90 60 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 40 15 29 8 / 0 40 60 50 RED RIVER....................... 39 18 28 10 / 0 40 80 70 ANGEL FIRE...................... 40 16 29 11 / 0 40 90 70 TAOS............................ 42 19 33 13 / 0 30 60 40 MORA............................ 45 21 30 15 / 0 50 90 60 ESPANOLA........................ 43 23 38 15 / 0 40 60 40 SANTA FE........................ 43 26 34 19 / 0 50 70 50 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 43 27 35 21 / 0 50 60 50 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 44 31 37 26 / 0 60 80 50 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 46 32 39 28 / 0 60 70 50 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 47 32 40 27 / 5 60 70 50 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 45 31 40 24 / 5 60 70 50 LOS LUNAS....................... 47 32 40 23 / 5 60 70 50 RIO RANCHO...................... 45 32 39 23 / 0 60 70 50 SOCORRO......................... 48 33 41 24 / 10 70 90 40 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 45 29 35 24 / 0 70 90 60 TIJERAS......................... 46 31 36 27 / 0 70 90 60 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 43 29 34 23 / 5 70 90 60 CLINES CORNERS.................. 42 28 32 18 / 0 70 90 70 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 44 30 34 20 / 5 70 90 50 CARRIZOZO....................... 50 34 38 22 / 10 70 80 30 RUIDOSO......................... 48 29 34 19 / 10 100 90 50 CAPULIN......................... 50 23 27 15 / 0 40 100 100 RATON........................... 53 25 32 16 / 0 30 80 70 SPRINGER........................ 49 27 32 14 / 0 30 80 60 LAS VEGAS....................... 47 26 30 15 / 0 50 90 60 CLAYTON......................... 56 29 31 18 / 0 30 90 100 ROY............................. 50 28 30 16 / 0 40 100 100 CONCHAS......................... 57 30 33 21 / 0 50 100 90 SANTA ROSA...................... 54 31 34 19 / 0 50 100 70 TUCUMCARI....................... 59 32 34 20 / 5 50 100 100 CLOVIS.......................... 54 36 38 22 / 10 60 90 80 PORTALES........................ 54 37 39 23 / 10 60 90 60 FORT SUMNER..................... 53 36 38 22 / 5 60 100 70 ROSWELL......................... 55 37 45 25 / 10 60 60 30 PICACHO......................... 52 35 41 23 / 10 60 70 50 ELK............................. 50 33 40 22 / 10 80 80 40 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ527>537. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ504-510>519-521>524-538>540. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ506>508-526. && SHY/44
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 5:39 AM MST, 22 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 539 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2011 NMZ501>540-181300- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 539 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THIS AFTERNOON MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT...AND BROADLY CONFINED TO SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES OF CATRON COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RAIN AND SNOW WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AND EXPAND FURTHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH COUNTRY SNOWS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME OVERNIGHT FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO RATON PASS. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING RAPIDLY AND SNOW COVERAGE EXPANDING TO THE EASTERN AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH COLD TEMPERATURES OVER FRESH SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. SHY
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| Dec 18, 3:50 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | ABQ | 37 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:50 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 37 hr |
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