Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

836 
WWUS45 KABQ 182154
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
254 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...BLUSTERY WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
TOWARD NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL STARTING OVERNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN HIGH COUNTRY WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY SOUTH AND
EAST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND TO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS BY LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY... HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL PILE UP OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE...AND OVER THE CHUSKA AND
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NEAR THE ARIZONA LINE. WITH SOMEWHAT LESSER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE...GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CHECK NEW
MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS ON LINE AT NMROADS.COM...OR BY CALLING 
5 1 1.

NMZ501>506-510>517-190700-
/O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0012.121219T0100Z-121220T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0014.121219T0100Z-121220T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
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-
254 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ABOVE 8000 FEET...EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF
  SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE. BELOW 8000
  FEET AND AWAY FROM THE COLORADO LINE...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
  SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER
  SLOPES.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN AND
  WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL EXPAND EASTWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
  THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHWARD ALONG
  THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH
  FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
  TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY WEDNESDAY NOON. WINDS WILL
  SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS GUSTS TO 60 MPH DEVELOP THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW LEVELS...OVERNIGHT SNOW LEVELS NEAR 7000 FEET FALLING
  RAPIDLY TO THE SURFACE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
  REMAIN COLD ENOUGH ALL DAY WEDNESDAY FOR SNOW AT LEVELS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED...ESPECIALLY INTERSTATE 40
  FROM THE ARIZONA LINE...TO GALLUP...ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL
  DIVIDE...TO GRANTS...OR FROM MILE MARKER ZERO TO MILE MARKER 80.
  EXPECT SNOW PACKED ROADS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS
  HIGHWAY 550- FROM CUBA TO AZTEC...TO THE COLORADO LINE...HIGHWAY
  491 FROM GALLUP TO SHIPROCK...HIGHWAY 64 FROM THE ARIZONA LINE
  TO FARMINGTON...CHAMA...EAGLE NEST AND UTE PARK...AND HIGHWAY 84
  FROM THE COLORADO LINE TO ABIQUIU.

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.

&&

$$

NMZ507-518-519-190700-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.121219T1300Z-121220T0100Z/
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
254 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS ON UPPER SLOPES AND HILLTOPS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF SANTA
  FE...AND OVER THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE SANDIA AND MANZANO
  MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
  SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE SPEED TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  55 PH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING AND
  BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL
  CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVER
  CULVERTS...AND IN SHADED SPOTS. EXPECT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM GRANTS THROUGH THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA
  TO TIJERAS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM BELEN...THROUGH
  ALBUQUERQUE...TO SANTA FE AND GLORIETA PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

NMZ527>529-190700-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.121219T1300Z-121220T0100Z/
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
254 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST NEAR THE
  COLORADO BORDER NEAR RATON PASS. 

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL SHIFT EAST
  ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND
  INCREASE SPEED TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
  GUSTS WILL REACH 50 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING AND
  BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL CREATE
  SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVER
  CULVERTS...AND IN SHADED SPOTS. EXPECT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ON INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA PASS TO LAS VEGAS...TO WAGON
  MOUND...TO RATON...TO THE COLORADO LINE AT RATON PASS...OR FROM
  MILE MARKER 300 TO MILE MARKER 460. EXPECT WINTER DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87...HIGHWAYS 56 AND 412...AND
  ACROSS STATE ROADS 104 AND 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

SHY

962 
WWUS45 KABQ 190453
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
953 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...BLUSTERY WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
TOWARD NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL STARTING OVERNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN HIGH COUNTRY WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY SOUTH AND
EAST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND TO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS BY
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET THROUGH THE DAY
ON WEDNESDAY...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL PILE UP OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE...AND OVER THE CHUSKA AND
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NEAR THE ARIZONA LINE. WITH SOMEWHAT LESSER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE...GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CHECK NEW
MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS ONLINE AT NMROADS.COM OR BY CALLING 5 1 1.

NMZ501>506-510>517-191300-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
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-
953 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ABOVE 8000 FEET...EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES 
  OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE. 
  BELOW 8000 FEET AND AWAY FROM THE COLORADO LINE...EXPECT 3 TO 
  6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SUMMITS 
  AND HIGHER SLOPES. 

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN AND
  WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL EXPAND EASTWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
  THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHWARD ALONG
  THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH
  FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
  TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY WEDNESDAY NOON. WINDS WILL
  SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS GUSTS TO 55 MPH DEVELOP THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS...OVERNIGHT SNOW LEVELS NEAR 7000 FEET FALLING 
  RAPIDLY TO THE SURFACE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL 
  REMAIN COLD ENOUGH ALL DAY WEDNESDAY FOR SNOW AT ALL LEVELS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED...ESPECIALLY INTERSTATE 40
  FROM THE ARIZONA LINE...TO GALLUP...ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL
  DIVIDE...TO GRANTS...OR FROM MILE MARKER ZERO TO MILE MARKER 80.
  EXPECT SNOW PACKED ROADS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS
  HIGHWAY 550 FROM CUBA TO AZTEC...TO THE COLORADO LINE...
  HIGHWAY 491 FROM GALLUP TO SHIPROCK...HIGHWAY 64 FROM THE
  ARIZONA LINE TO FARMINGTON...CHAMA...EAGLE NEST AND UTE PARK...
  AND HIGHWAY 84 FROM THE COLORADO LINE TO ABIQUIU.

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.

&&

$$

NMZ507-518-519-191300-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.121219T1300Z-121220T0100Z/
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
953 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY 
  HIGHER AMOUNTS ON UPPER SLOPES AND HILLTOPS...ESPECIALLY NORTH 
  OF SANTA FE...AND OVER THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE SANDIA AND 
  MANZANO MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
  SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE SPEED TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING 
  AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL 
  CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVER 
  CULVERTS...AND IN SHADED SPOTS. EXPECT WINTER DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 40 FROM GRANTS THROUGH THE 
  ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA TO TIJERAS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM 
  BELEN...THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE...TO SANTA FE AND GLORIETA PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

NMZ527>529-191300-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.121219T1300Z-121220T0100Z/
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
953 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST NEAR THE 
  COLORADO BORDER NEAR RATON PASS. 

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL SHIFT EAST 
  ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
  BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND 
  INCREASE SPEED TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 
  GUSTS WILL REACH 50 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING 
  AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL 
  CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVER 
  CULVERTS...AND IN SHADED SPOTS. EXPECT WINTER DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA PASS TO LAS VEGAS...
  TO WAGON MOUND...TO RATON...TO THE COLORADO LINE AT RATON 
  PASS...OR FROM MILE MARKER 300 TO MILE MARKER 460. EXPECT 
  WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87...HIGHWAYS 56 
  AND 412...AND ACROSS STATE ROADS 104 AND 120. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

40

534 
WWUS45 KABQ 191126
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...BLUSTERY WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK ACROSS
NEW MEXICO TODAY. SNOWFALL WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY EARLY THIS MORNING
OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE...THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO
THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND RATON
PASS VICINITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER AND ON WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS OVER THE NORTHWEST AND SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS VISIT
NMROADS.COM OR CALL 5 1 1.

NMZ501>506-510>517-191930-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
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-
426 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET
  WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS TO AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAN JUAN
  MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL EXPAND EASTWARD THIS MORNING FROM THE
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SNOW WILL
  BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BUT IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF OVER WEST
  CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING
  NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AS THE STORM EXITS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS
  WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH DEVELOP.
 
* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL
  LEVELS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY AND TRAVEL MAY
  BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. SOME HIGHWAYS WHICH MAY BE
  AFFECTED INCLUDE U S 550 FROM CUBA TO CHAMA...AND U S 64 FROM
  TRES PIEDRAS TO TIERRA AMARILLA.  

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.

&&

$$

NMZ507-518-519-191930-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.121219T1300Z-121220T0100Z/
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
426 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS IN
  THE SANTA FE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING THEN TAPER OFF BY
  LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
  NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50
  OR 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING AND
  BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL CREATE
  SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
  DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE OR ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
  DESTINATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

NMZ527>529-191930-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.121219T1300Z-121220T0100Z/
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
426 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST NEAR THE 
  COLORADO BORDER NEAR RATON PASS. 

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING WILL PERSIST THROUGH
  THE AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TO
  NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING AND
  BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL CREATE
  SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
  DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE OR ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
  DESTINATION. TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDING
  INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE LAS VEGAS AREA TO RATON PASS...AND STATE
  ROAD 72 FROM RATON TO FOLSOM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

619 
WWUS45 KABQ 191855 AAA
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1155 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...BLUSTERY WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY...

.A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AROUND
MIDDAY WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
TODAY. SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...UPPER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND RATON PASS VICINITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER AND ON WEST FACING SLOPES OF
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL AS WIND
CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS OVER THE NORTHWEST AND
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD
CONDITIONS VISIT NMROADS.COM OR CALL 5 1 1.

NMZ517-192000-
/O.CAN.KABQ.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
1155 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

STRONG DOWNSLOPING WEST WINDS HAVE PUT AN END TO ACCUMULATING
SNOW POTENTIAL IN THE LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY.

$$

NMZ519-192000-
/O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
1155 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

STRONG DOWNSLOPING WEST WINDS HAVE PUT AN END TO ACCUMULATING
SNOW POTENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE ALBUQUERQUE
METRO AREA. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE STRONG WEST
WINDS THROUGH 6 PM.

$$

NMZ501>506-510>516-200100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
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-
1155 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET
  WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS TO AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TUSAS MOUNTAINS
  AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/SAN LUIS BASIN.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE CONTINENTAL
  DIVIDE AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY
  AT TIMES BUT IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW
  MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING NORTH
  CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AS THE STORM EXITS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. 
  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH 
  DEVELOP. 

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LEVELS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL 
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY AND TRAVEL MAY 
  BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. SOME HIGHWAYS WHICH MAY BE 
  AFFECTED INCLUDE U S 550 FROM CUBA TO CHAMA...AND U S 64 FROM 
  TRES PIEDRAS TO TIERRA AMARILLA. 

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.

&&

$$

NMZ507-518-200100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
1155 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS 
  IN THE SANTA FE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY
  TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 
  50 OR 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING 
  AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL 
  CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE OR ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO 
  REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

NMZ527>529-200100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
1155 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST NEAR THE 
  COLORADO BORDER NEAR RATON PASS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF
  THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TO 
  NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH 
  THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING 
  AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL 
  CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE OR ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO 
  REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS WILL BE 
  IMPACTED INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE LAS VEGAS AREA TO 
  RATON PASS...AND STATE ROAD 72 FROM RATON TO FOLSOM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

737 
WWUS45 KABQ 192227
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
327 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM EXITING NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...

.A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN SOME NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AND NORTHEAST
HIGHLAND AREAS. PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT PORTIONS
OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM WAGON MOUND NORTHWARD THROUGH
THE RATON PASS AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS.
FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS VISIT NMROADS.COM OR
CALL 5 1 1.

NMZ501>506-510>516-192330-
/O.CAN.KABQ.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
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-
327 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS LET UP OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF
NEW MEXICO. SOME PERIODIC LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE SAN JUAN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.

$$

NMZ507-518-529-192330-
/O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
327 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SANTA FE
AREA...THE LAS VEGAS HIGHLANDS...AND THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
NEAR GRANTS. SNOW HAS ENDED...AND SKIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLEAR
INTO THE EVENING.

$$

NMZ530-531-200500-
/O.EXB.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1300Z/
UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
327 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM MST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 INCH OF SNOW...HEAVIEST NEAR THE COLORADO
  BORDER.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING THEN TAPER 
  OFF TOWARD MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
  MPH WILL BE COMMON.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING AND
  BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL CREATE
  SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
  DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE OR ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
  DESTINATION. TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDING
  INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE WAGON MOUND AREA TO RATON...AND STATE
  ROAD 72 FROM RATON TO FOLSOM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

NMZ527-528-200500-
/O.EXT.KABQ.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1300Z/
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
327 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST NEAR THE 
  COLORADO BORDER NEAR RATON PASS. 

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
  MPH WILL BE COMMON.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN FALLING 
  AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATING OR DRIFTING ON ROADS WILL 
  CREATE SLICK AND ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE OR ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO 
  REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS WILL BE 
  IMPACTED INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH THE RATON PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1056 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE
AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS OVER NORTHWEST NM AT 18Z ARE PRODUCING
SCATTERED MVFR CIGS. INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR KGUP THROUGH 20Z
FOR CIGS AT 1500 FEET. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN CA DESERTS THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX
DOWN AT KTCC...KLVS AND KGUP TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 25
KNOTS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS
AZ TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN NM BY DAYBREAK. AFTER 09Z SNOW WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN NM...CAUSING IFR VSBYS AND LOW MVFR TO IFR CIGS
AT KGUP AND KFMN. CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER ACROSS CENTRAL NM
AND THE EASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY...BUT ONLY
KSAF WILL FALL INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY FOR CIGS AND VSBYS BEFORE
18Z AT APPROXIMATELY 13Z. OTHERWISE CIGS WILL REMAIN IN THE VFR
CATEGORY. WINDS FOR THE CENTRAL NM AND EASTERN PLAINS TAF SITES
WILL GENERALLY GUST ABOVE 25 KNOTS BY 15Z...EXCEPT AT KROW...WHERE
SW WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 KNOTS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE
15Z TO 18Z PERIOD WILL BE AT KLVS AND KTCC WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM
35 TO 40 KNOTS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...300 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012...
LOW CLOUDS HANGING IN THE FAR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST EARLY THIS
MORNING. OVERALL CLOUDS TO INCREASE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING
STORM SYSTEM. UPPED POPS A LITTLE IN THE FAR NORTHWEST FOR
TODAY...THEN WENT A BIT HIGHER THAN INHERITED POP GRID FOR TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR THIS AREA FROM 6 PM TONIGHT THRU 6 PM WED...ALTHOUGH SNOW
SHOULD TAPER OFF WEST OF THE CONTDVD FOR THE MOST PART PRIOR TO THE
WATCH ENDING TIME. SAN JUANS APPEAR TO BE THE FAVORED AREA FOR THE
BRUNT OF SNOWFALL...WHILE LOCALES NORTH OF THE FARMINGTON AREA TO
THE CO BORDER COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES AS WELL AS THE CHUSKA AND
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS.

GRADIENT WIND EVENT STILL APPEARS ON TRACK FOR WEDNESDAY. NAM12
FORECAST 3HR PRESS CHANGES OF 8MB OVER NW NM AT 18Z WITH A WHOPPING
17MB OVER TX PANHANDLE AT 00Z THURS. MAV GUIDANCE STILL CRANKED UP
AT SOME OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND CENTRAL HIGHLAND LOCALES. HAVE
ADDED QUAY COUNTY TO THE HIGH WIND WATCH AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA
VALLEY. COULD SEE UNION AND HARDING COUNTY GETTING CLOSE TO HIGH
WIND ALSO FOR A BRIEF PERIOD WED AFTERNOON BUT DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM
OUT OF THE WATCH.

HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE WEST OF THE
CONTDVD WHILE RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS MOST
OF THE PLAINS WEST TO THE RGV. ALL IN ALL WED LOOKS TO BE A GOOD DAY
TO STAY INDOORS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING
BUT WINDS COULD STAY UP THROUGH THE EVENING AND EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT
FOR SOME EAST SLOPE AREAS AS AN APPROX 1043MB SFC HIGH SETTLES IN
OVER COLORADO. WINDS SHOULD RELAX THURSDAY BUT HIGHS WILL BE BELOW
AVERAGE OVERALL. DRY WITH A WARMING TREND THEREAFTER BUT ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM REMAINS POSSIBLE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. DESPITE MODEL
DIFFERENCES...HIGHS LOOK TO CRATER FOR CHRISTMAS DAY...AROUND 10 TO
NEARLY 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.

.FIRE WEATHER...
INCREASED WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR WEDNESDAY/S
POTENT TROUGH PASSAGE. OTHERWISE NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF BIG CHANGES.
MODELS ARE DEPICTING VERY LOW DEWPOINTS FOLLOWING THE TROUGH
PASSAGE. KNOWING HOW THE MODELS PERFORM UNDER A SIGNIFICANT MID
LEVEL DRY SLOT TRANSLATION...DECIDED TO HEDGE BELOW GUIDANCE.
THUS...TRENDING RH VALUES A BIT LOWER THURSDAY/FRIDAY WITH SOME
RESIDUAL EFFECTS INTO THE WEEKEND.

AS FAR AS TODAY IS CONCERNED...VENTILATION SHOULD
IMPROVE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS TRANSPORT WINDS PICK
UP A LITTLE BIT THERE. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER
DUE TO SOME SURFACE WARMING. WITH THAT BEING SAID...POOR RATINGS
WILL STILL BE OBSERVED WITHIN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS THE
NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. DUE TO THE
WARMING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AROUND NEAR NORMAL WESTERN
AND CENTRAL AREAS BUT BETWEEN 5 TO 13 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS
THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS IS A RESULT OF A LEE TROUGH...THAT MODELS
SHOW FORMING...ACROSS THE EAST. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD ALSO PICK UP IN
PLACES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN. HUMIDITY VALUES LOOK TO BE ON THE HIGHER SIDE THOUGH...THUS
NO ISSUES. MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT EAST AND
SOUTHWARD AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC TROUGH.

AS FAR AS THE PACIFIC TROUGH IS CONCERNED...TIMING AND STRENGTH IS
STILL ON TRACK. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE A QUASI...STRONG WIND AND
WETTING PRECIPITATION EVENT. THE STRONGEST WINDS STILL LOOK TO BE
ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST WHEREAS PRECIPITATION IMPACTS...MAINLY
SNOW WOULD BE FOUND ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH. FAVORED AREAS FOR
WETTING PRECIPITATION LOOK TO BE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
WESTWARD AND NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. MODELS SHOW A TRADITIONAL
VIGOROUS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE DURING THE DAY PERIOD WITH A BACK DOOR
SURGE COMES IN LATER ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. EITHER
WAY...WEDNESDAY WILL BE BLUSTERY WITH INCREASED WINDS AND MUCH
HIGHER HUMIDITY. VENTILATION WILL BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT.

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER RIDGE IS
EXPECTED TO SET UP OVER THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES AND GREAT BASIN
REGIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A RIBBON OF VERY DRY
AIR WILL BE FOUND OVER THE STATE. BOTH GFS AND NAM ARE DEPICTING
THIS SCENARIO. THUS LOOK FOR LOWERING HUMIDITY VALUES WITH QUITE A
FEW TEENS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST FRIDAY AS THE HEART OF THE DRY
SLOT PIVOTS FURTHER NORTH OVER THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
AND GET BACK TO NEAR NORMAL ON FRIDAY MOST AREAS. DUE TO THE
COMBINED SURFACE HIGH AND UPPER RIDGE...VENTILATION WILL TAKE A BIG
HIT. THE WORSE DAY LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY WITH VERY FEW AREAS NOT
WITHIN THE POOR CATEGORY. JUST LOOKS TO BE A NASTY VENTILATION DAY.
FRIDAY IMPROVES SLIGHTLY BUT STILL PRETTY BAD MOST AREAS.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW POORER VENTILATION RATES INTO SATURDAY BUT
IMPROVE SOME ON SUNDAY AS THE NEXT PACIFIC TROUGH NEARS THE AREA
FROM THE WEST. THIS IS THE SAME TIME THE SURFACE WIND FLOW INCREASES
SOME. GRIDDED FORECAST FOR SUNDAY MAY JUST BE A LITTLE UNDERDONE SO
WILL BE WATCHING THAT TREND IN THE MODELS.

IT APPEARS THAT THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK SUGGEST ANOTHER PACIFIC
TROUGH PASSAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. STILL TOO EARLY TO SAY NET EFFECT
BUT SUSPECT SOME PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT SINCE THAT IS NORMAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW TEMPERATURES AS A
RESULT. THIS EVENT HAS MUCH MORE POTENTIAL OF BEING A NON GROWTH
EVENT VERSUS STRONG WINDS/LOW HUMIDITY.

50

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ508-520>526-533>540.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ501>506-510>517.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

NMZ501>540-191300-
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-
600 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING
THEN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE ALSO PROJECTED TO STRENGTHEN LATER
TONIGHT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40
WHERE GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD AREAWIDE WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO POSSIBLY AS HIGH
AS 60 TO 70 MPH MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH AND WEST
WEDNESDAY...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITIES WEDNESDAY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND BLOWING DUST IN THE EASTERN PLAINS AND
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A
REINFORCEMENT OF MUCH COLDER AIR AND SPOTTY SNOWFALL.

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 PEAK WIND
SPEEDS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.