Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Feb 14, 2012, 4:47 AM MST. It took effect at Feb 14, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2012, 4:47 AM MST (11:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2012, 8:00 AM MST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
028 WWUS45 KABQ 141147 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 447 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM APPROACHING NEW MEXICO... .ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY IN ARIZONA...WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT NEW MEXICO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH RAIN IN LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AS COOLER AIR WORKS IN. HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS NEAR AND ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AS WELL AS THE JEMEZ AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WITHIN NEW MEXICO WILL BE FAVORED FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL SPREAD FARTHER EAST TONIGHT...AND WILL DECREASE SOME IN INTENSITY...GRADUALLY IMPACTING THE SANDIA...MANZANO...AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH. IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OTHER HIGH TERRAIN ROADWAYS. LOCAL IMPACTS TO INTERSTATE 40 WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIJERAS CANYON TONIGHT. NMZ503-504-506-510-511-141830- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0003.120214T1300Z-120215T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0004.120214T1200Z-120215T1500Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 447 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET WITH UPWARDS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT WILL RAPIDLY FALL AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES AND COOLER AIR WORKS IN. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS...ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 550 NEAR CUBA...AND ROADWAYS NEAR CHAMA AND JEMEZ SPRINGS. 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. && $$ NMZ501-502-505-507-508-141830- /O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.120214T1200Z-120215T1500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 447 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET AND UPWARDS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT WILL RAPIDLY FALL AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES AND COOLER AIR WORKS IN. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS AND THROUGH NARBONA PASS IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 60...64...491...AND 550 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ512>514-521-141830- /O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.120214T1800Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 447 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET AND UPWARDS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 10000 FEET COULD SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT WILL RAPIDLY FALL AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES AND COOLER AIR WORKS IN BEFORE EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE TIJERAS CANYON EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ 52
5 follow-up statements
755 WWUS45 KABQ 141836 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1136 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...NEXT WINTER STORM IN THE SERIES GETTING UNDERWAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AS ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT...SPREADING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE MANZANO...SANDIA AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL THEN CAUSE SNOW SHOWERS TO LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN BELOW 7500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET. NEW MEXICOS JEMEZ AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL BE FAVORED FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ON I-40 AND OTHER ROADS CROSSING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY...THEN TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL SPREAD TO INCLUDE I-40 THROUGH TIJERAS CANYON AND ALBUQUERQUES EAST MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40. NMZ503-504-506-510-511-142300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1136 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT WILL FALL TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AFTER SUNSET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS...ALONG HIGHWAY 550 NEAR CUBA...AND OTHER ROADS NEAR CHAMA AND JEMEZ SPRINGS. 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. && $$ NMZ501-502-505-507-508-142300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 1136 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...THEN DROP TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AFTER SUNSET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS AND THROUGH NARBONA PASS IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 60...64...491...AND 550 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. 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. && $$ NMZ512>514-521-142300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 1136 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 10000 FEET COULD SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...BUT WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AFTER SUNSET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE TIJERAS CANYON EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ 44
397 WWUS45 KABQ 142311 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 411 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT... .SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD FROM FAR WESTERN NEW MEXICO INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AS AS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM CROSSES. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL THEN CAUSE SNOW SHOWERS TO LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL FROM AROUND 7500 FEET TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING. NEW MEXICOS JEMEZ AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SHOULD RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40. WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SNOW WILL DECREASE DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...THEN PATCHY FOG AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. NMZ505-150500- /O.UPG.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- 411 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOWFALL EARLY IN THE EVENING WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE MID EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOSTLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN PATCHY DENSE FOG AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. DENSE AND PATCHY FOG WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-510-511-150500- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 411 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOME WEST FACING SLOPES. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PATCHY AND DENSE FOG WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS THE SNOW DECREASES ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP FROM AROUND 7000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS AFTER SUNSET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS...ALONG HIGHWAY 550 NEAR CUBA...AND OTHER ROADS NEAR CHAMA AND JEMEZ SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ516-517-150500- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY- 411 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP FROM NEAR 7500 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS BY MID EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. 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. && $$ NMZ501-502-507-508-150500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 411 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...EXCEPT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS. * TIMING...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY MID EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE LATE EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40...WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SPEEDS FROM 5 TO 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-40...WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW LEVELS...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS BY MID EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS AND THROUGH NARBONA PASS IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 60...64...491...AND 550 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ512>514-521-150500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 411 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PECOS WILDERNESS...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. NORTH OF THE PECOS WILDERNESS...WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SPEEDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP FROM NEAR 7000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE TIJERAS CANYON EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE...AND GLORIETA PASS EAST OF SANTA FE. 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. && $$ 44
306 WWUS45 KABQ 150500 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1000 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASS FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE STATE. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 1.800.432.4369 OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. NMZ503>506-510-511-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1000 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED THEREAFTER. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. DENSE AND PATCHY FOG WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ501-502-507-508-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 1000 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...EXCEPT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL IMPACT MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS AND THROUGH NARBONA PASS IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 60...64...491...AND 550 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. 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. && $$ NMZ512>514-521-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 1000 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...GENERALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN TIJERAS AND CLINES CORNERS...AND INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH GLORIETA PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ516-517-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY- 1000 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
531 WWUS45 KABQ 150548 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1048 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASS FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE STATE. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 1.800.432.4369 OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. NMZ503>506-510-511-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 1048 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED THEREAFTER. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. DENSE AND PATCHY FOG WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ519-151500- /O.EXB.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.120215T0600Z-120215T1500Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 1048 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW ACCUMULATING MAINLY ON UNPAVED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1 TO 2 MILES IN SNOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND ICY. 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. && $$ NMZ501-502-507-508-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 1048 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...EXCEPT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL IMPACT MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS AND THROUGH NARBONA PASS IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 60...64...491...AND 550 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ512>514-521-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 1048 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SOME WEST FACING SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...GENERALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN TIJERAS AND CLINES CORNERS...AND INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH 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. && $$ NMZ516-517-151500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY- 1048 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$
043 WWUS45 KABQ 151441 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 741 AM MST WED FEB 15 2012 NMZ503>506-510-511-151545- /O.EXP.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- 741 AM MST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...BUT SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE JEMEZ AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH MID MORNING DUE TO SNOW- PACKED AND ICY ROADS...AND SOME PATCHY AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. $$ NMZ501-502-507-508-151545- /O.EXP.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 741 AM MST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. HOWEVER...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH MID MORNING DUE TO SNOW-PACKED AND ICY ROADS...AND SOME PATCHY AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. $$ NMZ512>514-516-517-521-151545- /O.EXP.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 741 AM MST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... SNOW HAS HAS BECOME MUCH MORE SPARSE AND LIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SOME LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH MID MORNING DUE TO SNOW- PACKED AND ICY ROADS...AND SOME PATCHY AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. $$ NMZ519-151545- /O.EXP.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120215T1500Z/ ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 741 AM MST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF NEW MEXICO. HOWEVER...SOME TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH MID MORNING DUE TO SNOW-PACKED AND ICY ROADS...AND SOME PATCHY AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. $$ 52
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 Feb 14, 3:30 AM MST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 3:30 AM MST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 AM MST TUE FEB 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .DISCUSSION...IMPRESSIVE UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING NEW MEXICO...AND WILL DRAG ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE STATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COUPLET OF VIGOROUS VORTICITY LOBES ARE EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY...CLOSE TO THE CORE OF THE LOW. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND ROBUST DYNAMICS ARE PRODUCING IMPRESSIVE UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES OBSERVED OVER ARIZONA...A HINT OF WHAT WILL BE WORKING INTO NEW MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS HAVE STUCK TO SOLUTIONS WITH A TRACK FARTHER SOUTH...WITH THE SEPARATE TUMBLING LOBES OF ENERGY LIKELY LEADING TO A WOBBLE IN THE TRACK EASTWARD. THIS WILL INTRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL SPATIAL VARIANCE IN WHERE PRECIPITATION IS DROPPED OVER NEW MEXICO...BUT THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE STILL APPEARS TO BE FAVORED. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHEN FRONTOGENETICALLY-DRIVEN PRECIPITATION BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO THRIVE. HAVE UPGRADED ZONES WITHIN THE WATCH TO WARNINGS...AND HAVE TACKED ON SOME ADVISORIES FOR ADJACENT LOWER TERRAIN ZONES. AS ALLUDED TO YESTERDAY...THE LOWER TERRAIN ZONES SUCH AS THE NORTHWESTERN PLATEAU WILL BE TRICKY DUE TO QUICKLY EVOLVING VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES AS THE FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE WEST. EVAPORATIVE COOLING/WET-BULBING WILL ALSO ADD TO THE CHAOS. ONE TO THREE INCHES SEEMS REASONABLE FOR THE SAN JUAN BASIN...UPWARDS TO THREE TO SIX ALONG THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS...AND NEAR SIX TO TEN IN THE HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 8-9000 FEET. WINDS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...MOSTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE HOISTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...RUNNING THROUGH TONIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONGEST PART OF THE MID LEVEL JET. BRIEF-LIVED...BUT STILL NOTABLY STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE FOUND FARTHER NORTH IMMEDIATELY ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE BOUNDARY PASSES THROUGH. THE MODEL CONSENSUS IS THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BREAK UP SOME TONIGHT AS THE CONCENTRIC ENERGY ALOFT SHEARS OUT SOME AND THE FRONTOGENESIS WEAKENS. STILL...IT SEEMED PRUDENT TO ISSUE WINTER WX ADVISORIES FOR SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND THE WEST SLOPES/PEAKS OF THE SANGRES TO ACCOUNT FOR A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AND THE STRONGER WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MOST OF THE DYNAMIC FORCING FOR PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE EXITED THE STATE TO THE NORTHEAST...LEAVING SOME WEAKENING OROGRAPHICS AT PLAY IN THE NORTHERN PEAKS. THIS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL SEEP INTO REMAINING ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE NEXT STORM WILL BE BARRELING THROUGH CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRACKING THROUGH NORTHERN OLD MEXICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. BEST POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE SHUNTED SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME WITH JUST SOME ISOLATED/LOW POPS IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES. AS THE LOW OPENS UP INTO A TROUGH AND PUSHES INTO TEXAS...A BACK DOOR FRONTAL PUSH WILL SPILL INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THIS COULD PROVIDE SOME MEAGER LIFT FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE EASTERN PLAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT PAIR OF CLIPPER-ESQUE SYSTEMS DIVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC TOWARD THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. 52 && .AVIATION...NMRS AVIATION WX HAZARDS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HRS. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND QUICKLY EXPAND ACROSS AREAS ALONG/WEST OF THE CONTDVD AND NW THIRD THROUGH 18Z...AS PRECIPITATION BLOSSOMS ALONG/AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONTAL ZONE THAT IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM NEAR CHAMA TO GRANTS TO GLENWOOD BY MIDDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH RAIN AND SNOW SPREADING EASTWARD AND INTENSIFYING BETWEEN THE CONTDVD AND CENTRAL MT CHAIN BETWEEN 18Z AND 06Z. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AT TIMES...AND WIDESPREAD IFR/LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH MT OBSCURATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION... STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE ADVISORY-LEVEL GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FOR PLACES LIKE KCQC...KONM...AND KSRR. KJ NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 22Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO LESS THAN THREE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE WINTER STORM THAT MOVES INTO THE STATE LATER TODAY LOOKS TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE OF THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS...AND CERTAINLY MORE IMPACTFUL THAN RECENT STORMS. THE CENTER OF THE INCOMING LOW WAS CROSSING NORTHWEST ARIZONA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A WELL-DEFINED FRONTAL ZONE STRETCHING FROM NEAR FLAGSTAFF SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF YUMA. THIS FRONTAL ZONE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS STEADILY EASTWARD...REACHING FAR WESTERN NEW MEXICO BY LATE MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BLOSSOM ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...FAVORING AREAS WEST OF THE DIVIDE AND THE NORTHWEST THIRD BEFORE NOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY FALL AS SNOW AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BUT QUICKLY TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY LATE MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD EASTWARD AFTER MIDDAY AND INTENSIFY/ORGANIZE IN NUMEROUS BANDS BETWEEN THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE EXTREMELY VARIABLE...AS COLD AIR ALOFT ADVANCES EASTWARD AND CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE LARGER PRECIPITATION AREA RESULTS IN INTENSE BURSTS OF WET SNOW DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GENERALLY SPEAKING PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW NEAR AND ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE WEST AND NORTH. DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE INCOMING FRONT WILL RESULT IN BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AREAWIDE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND JUST SOUTH OF OUR FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AREA BUT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN THE 20-25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40S CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG/SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND ACROSS THE FAR WEST. VENTILATION RATES WILL BE EXCELLENT IN MOST AREAS TODAY. MIN RH/S IN 20S WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE EAST PLAINS...WITH 20 FOOT WINDS GENERALLY IN THE 15-30 MPH RANGE. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY WITH GOOD TO EXCELLENT RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER TO THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY. VENTILATION RATES SHOULD AGAIN BE VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE EAST...BUT TRENDING DOWN IN THE WEST WHERE THEY WILL BE FAIR AT BEST FOR NC/NW AREAS. BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE DOWN THE PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS MAY GENERATE SOME GAP WINDS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...MODELS STILL AT ODDS ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM FOR THURSDAY-FRIDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PASS WEST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT COULD PULL UP SOME MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN AREAS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. YET ANOTHER BACKDOOR COLD FRONT ALSO INDICATED FOR THE EAST ON SATURDAY...WHICH MAY GENERATE SOME LIGHT PRECIP IN THE EAST. OVERALL THE PATTERN TO REMAIN ACTIVE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. KJ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 43 24 43 23 / 80 30 10 5 DULCE........................... 38 14 36 14 / 70 70 20 10 CUBA............................ 41 17 40 15 / 60 50 20 5 GALLUP.......................... 39 18 43 17 / 80 30 10 0 EL MORRO........................ 39 19 38 18 / 90 50 10 0 GRANTS.......................... 43 15 43 15 / 70 50 5 0 QUEMADO......................... 43 18 43 19 / 50 50 5 0 GLENWOOD........................ 47 24 49 25 / 50 30 5 0 CHAMA........................... 34 10 33 7 / 90 70 30 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 41 21 42 19 / 50 50 10 0 PECOS........................... 41 20 40 20 / 30 40 5 0 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 40 10 39 11 / 30 50 20 5 RED RIVER....................... 33 7 32 7 / 40 70 30 5 ANGEL FIRE...................... 36 7 35 5 / 30 60 20 5 TAOS............................ 42 13 40 13 / 20 40 10 0 MORA............................ 42 19 39 16 / 20 40 5 0 ESPANOLA........................ 47 17 46 17 / 20 30 5 0 SANTA FE........................ 43 22 41 22 / 30 40 5 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 47 22 44 22 / 30 40 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 48 25 45 26 / 30 40 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 51 28 48 29 / 20 30 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 53 23 50 20 / 20 30 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 53 24 50 22 / 30 30 5 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 56 28 51 27 / 20 20 5 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 52 28 49 28 / 30 40 5 0 SOCORRO......................... 57 30 53 29 / 20 10 5 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 45 18 42 17 / 40 60 10 0 TIJERAS......................... 50 25 47 24 / 30 50 10 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 51 17 47 17 / 20 30 5 0 CLINES CORNERS.................. 45 23 42 23 / 20 30 5 0 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 49 25 46 25 / 10 20 5 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 51 26 49 27 / 10 20 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 45 26 43 30 / 10 40 0 0 CAPULIN......................... 49 23 40 19 / 5 20 10 5 RATON........................... 51 22 47 18 / 5 20 10 5 SPRINGER........................ 53 24 49 20 / 5 20 5 5 LAS VEGAS....................... 47 21 45 19 / 10 30 5 5 CLAYTON......................... 56 28 49 22 / 0 20 5 0 ROY............................. 53 26 49 23 / 5 20 5 5 CONCHAS......................... 60 31 55 26 / 5 10 5 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 58 30 54 26 / 0 10 5 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 62 31 55 25 / 0 5 5 0 CLOVIS.......................... 63 29 55 26 / 0 5 0 0 PORTALES........................ 64 31 56 27 / 0 5 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 63 31 58 26 / 0 5 0 0 ROSWELL......................... 68 36 62 29 / 0 5 0 0 PICACHO......................... 61 32 58 26 / 0 5 0 0 ELK............................. 55 28 54 27 / 5 20 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ509-520-522>526-539-540. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ501-502-505-507-508. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ503-504-506-510-511. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ512>514-521. && 52
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 5:31 AM MST, 23 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 531 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 NMZ501>540-141300- 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- 531 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...PRIMARILY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHWESTERN HIGH TERRAIN. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO RECENT SNOWFALL AND THE PRESENCE OF FREEZING FOG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SNOW WILL WORK INTO THE NORTHWESTERN...NORTH CENTRAL...AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO ON TUESDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES. SNOW WILL BREAK UP SOME AS IT SPREADS FARTHER EAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. 52
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 14, 3:50 AM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 25 hr | |
| Feb 14, 4:47 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 27 hr |
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