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Winter Storm Watch 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM

December 12, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm watch at Dec 12, 2012, 4:00 PM MST. It took effect at Dec 14, 2012, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2012, 4:00 PM MST (23:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2012, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 13, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Dec 12, 3:13 PM MST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:13 PM MST, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 5:02 AM MST, 10 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
502 AM MST WED DEC 12 2012

NMZ501>540-131215-
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-
502 AM MST WED DEC 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS NEAR THE ARIZONA LINE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY
THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND INTO THE ADJACENT EASTERN PLAINS. EXPECT THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND UPPER GILA
REGION OF CATRON COUNTY...AND THE SAN JUAN...JEMEZ AND SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL COAT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND
THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. FOOTHILLS AND
VALLEYS WILL HAVE MOSTLY RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY MID DAY...WITH RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW LATE. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH SPEEDS APPROACHING WIND ADVISORY
THRESHOLDS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A SECOND SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SNOW TO THE AREA LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...MAINLY FAVORING THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.