Wind Advisory 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

492 
WWUS75 KABQ 221741
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1141 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...INTENSE COLD FRONT TO BLAST THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO
TONIGHT...

.A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN WINDS FROM
THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AND
MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST AND SNOW
AS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE FRONT
AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH
A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW IS MORE LIKELY OVER THIS AREA...AND
WILL BE COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS ON
WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM RATON
TO CLAYTON...HIGHWAY 56 FROM SPRINGER TO CLAYTON AND INTERSTATE
40.

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RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
1141 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT
TUESDAY. 

* LOCATION...RATON RIDGE AND JOHNSON MESA AND THE NORTHEAST
  HIGHLANDS. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY BETWEEN 6 AND 8
  PM...SPREADING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. WINDS
  ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW OR BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITY
  BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64...56 AND STATE ROAD 120. LOOSE
  AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$

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UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
1141 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
MDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM UNION COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH
  CHAVES COUNTY. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
  MPH. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 DURING
  THE EARLY EVENING...THEN SPREAD TO INCLUDE LOCATIONS ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 LATER IN THE EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW OR BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITY
  BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. MOST OF THE BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH
  OF INTERSTATE 40.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM DES MOINES TO
  CLAYTON...HIGHWAY 56 FROM ABBOTT TO CLAYTON...INTERSTATE 40 EAST
  OF CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS BORDER...AND HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF
  VAUGHN. LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$

750 
WWUS75 KABQ 222206
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...INTENSE COLD FRONT TO BLAST THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO
TONIGHT...

.A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
VERY EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN WINDS
FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. GUSTS TO AROUND 50 TO 55 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING DUST AND SNOW AS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. THE FRONT...STRONG WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS
LATER THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH A MIX OF LIGHT
RAIN AND SNOW IS MORE LIKELY OVER THIS AREA...AND IT WILL BE
COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS ON WEST TO EAST
ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM RATON TO
CLAYTON...HIGHWAY 56 FROM SPRINGER TO CLAYTON AND INTERSTATE 40.
IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS LATER
TONIGHT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

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FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-
406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM MDT TUESDAY. 

* LOCATION...UNION AND HARDING COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST
  HIGHLANDS. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  55 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 6 PM...PERSISTING
  UNTIL LATE TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING AFTER SUNRISE
  TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW OR BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITY
  BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR BELOW BY
  MIDNIGHT THEN REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID TO LATE TUESDAY
  MORNING.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM DES MOINES TO
  CLAYTON...AND HIGHWAY 56 FROM ABBOTT TO CLAYTON. LOOSE AND LIGHT
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN
  THE TEENS OVER THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE
  DAMAGED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR
  CRACK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

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EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM MDT TUESDAY. 

* LOCATION...GUADALUPE...QUAY AND EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AFTER
  SUNSET AND BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW
  FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT
  TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO OR BELOW 32 DEGREES
  AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID TO LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED ROADS...INTERSTATE 40 EAST OF CLINES CORNERS TO THE
  TEXAS BORDER...AND HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF VAUGHN. LOOSE AND LIGHT
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE
  DAMAGED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR
  CRACK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

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CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM MDT TUESDAY. 

* LOCATION...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW BY 3 AM AND
  REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING TUESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM 29 TO 32 DEGREES.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

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RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...RATON RIDGE AND JOHNSON MESA...CURRY...ROOSEVELT...DE
  BACA COUNTIES...AND THE CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER BY 6
  PM...THEN SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW AND BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITY
  BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR MAINLY NORTH
  OF INTERSTATE 40.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM DES MOINES TO
  CLAYTON...INTERSTATE 40 EAST OF CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS
  BORDER...AND HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF VAUGHN. LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO
  THE TEENS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$

154 
WWUS75 KABQ 230315
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
915 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...COLD BLUSTERY WINDS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES PLUNGING INTO EASTERN
NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT...

.BRISK NORTH WINDS AND A STRONG COLD FRONT PLUNGING SOUTHWARD OVER
EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL BRING FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM THE
COLORADO BORDER SOUTHWARD TO INTERSTATE 40 OVERNIGHT. COLD AIR IN
THE TEETH OF 50 MPH NORTHERLY GUSTS WILL DROP WIND CHILL INTO THE
LOW TEENS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER...WITH WIND CHILL IN THE TEENS
OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AND IN THE LOW 20S OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. WIND SPEEDS WILL
DECREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE
FREEZING BY LATE MORNING.

NMZ528>531-231200-
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FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-
915 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...UNION AND HARDING COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST 
  HIGHLANDS. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  55 MPH. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING
  GRADUALLY AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO
  FREEZING OVERNIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW OR BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITY 
  BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR BELOW 
  BY MIDNIGHT THEN REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID TO LATE 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM DES MOINES 
  TO CLAYTON...AND HIGHWAY 56 FROM ABBOTT TO CLAYTON. LOOSE AND 
  LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. WIND CHILL VALUES 
  WILL BE IN THE TEENS OVER THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. TENDER 
  VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED 
  PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130423T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
915 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM MDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...GUADALUPE...QUAY AND EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  55 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
  THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING DUST WILL DROP VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE 
  AT TIMES. 

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO OR BELOW 32 DEGREES 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID TO 
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED ROADS...INTERSTATE 40 EAST OF CLINES CORNERS TO THE 
  TEXAS BORDER...AND HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF VAUGHN. LOOSE AND LIGHT 
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE 
  DAMAGED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE 
  OR CRACK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

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CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
915 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM MDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW BY 3 AM 
  AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING TUESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM 29 TO 32 DEGREES.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD 
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

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RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
915 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...RATON RIDGE AND JOHNSON MESA...CURRY...ROOSEVELT... 
  DE BACA COUNTIES...AND THE CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  55 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS
  OVERNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW AND BLOWING DUST WILL DROP 
  VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR 
  MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM DES MOINES 
  TO CLAYTON...INTERSTATE 40 EAST OF CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS 
  BORDER...AND HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF VAUGHN. LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT 
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO 
  THE TEENS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS
OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$

SHY

968 
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NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...WEAKENING WINDS AND WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID
MORNING...BUT FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TONIGHT...

.WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE MORNING AS THE COLD
FRONT THAT ESCORTED THEM INTO THE AREA EXITS WELL TO THE SOUTH.
HOWEVER...VERY COLD AIR DELIVERED BY THE FRONT WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH MID MORNING. AFTER SOME RECORD COLD
HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY...RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN
PLAINS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A HARD FREEZE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT
FROM SANTA ROSA AND CLOVIS NORTHWARD...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES
SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE ALBUQUERQUE
METRO AREA AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. A WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE
THURSDAY...ENDING THIS BRIEF BUT SIGNIFICANT COLD SPELL.

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UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATION...UNION AND HARDING COUNTIES.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID
  MORNING...BUT PLACES LIKE CAPULIN AND CLAYTON WILL STRUGGLE TO
  REACH FREEZING TODAY. THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR A HARD
  FREEZE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING TO FALL
  BELOW 28 DEGREES DURING THE MID EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES....RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
  VARY FROM 19 TO 29 DEGREES.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE OVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KABQ.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130423T1600Z/
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATION...GUADALUPE...QUAY AND EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MID
  MORNING. THEN...THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL THAT A HARD FREEZE
  WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING TO FALL BELOW
  28 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT IN SOME NORTHERN LOCATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
  VARY FROM 20 TO NEAR 30 DEGREES.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NMZ528-529-231600-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130423T1200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.HZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130423T1600Z/
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

* LOCATION...NORTHEAST AND FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS.

* TIMING...AFTER BOTTOMING OUT EARLY THIS MORNING...TEMPERATURES
  WILL RISE ABOVE 28 DEGREES AGAIN BY MID MORNING. RECORD AND NEAR
  RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE AGAIN
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20S TO LOW
  30S EARLY THIS MON RING. RATON WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING
  FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES
  ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND LOW 20S.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

NMZ535-231600-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130423T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.HZ.A.0002.130424T0300Z-130424T1500Z/
CURRY COUNTY-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATION...CURRY COUNTY.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DROP BELOW FREEZING BY
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY WITH A HARD
  FREEZE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM 23 TO 26
  DEGREES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NMZ536>538-231600-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130423T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FZ.A.0001.130424T0800Z-130424T1500Z/
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. 

* LOCATION...ROOSEVELT AND DE BACA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE
  CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN BOTTOM OUT TOWARD SUNRISE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.  

* TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN DE BACA AND ROOSEVELT
  COUNTIES WILL VARY FROM 23 TO 30 DEGREES WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...WITH ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD BELOW 28 DEGREES IN MOST
  LOCATIONS. NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ON THE CHAVES COUNTY
  PLAINS WILL VARY FROM 25 TO 36 DEGREES WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS
FREEZE EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.

&&

$$

NMZ527-231330-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130423T1200Z/
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH EARLY MORNING...SO THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

NMZ523-231600-
/O.CON.KABQ.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130423T1600Z/
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATION...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING AGAIN
  BY MID MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS THIS MORNING RANGED FROM 29 TO 32 DEGREES.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD 
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

&&

$$

NMZ501-231600-
/O.NEW.KABQ.HZ.A.0002.130424T0800Z-130424T1500Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATION...THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU INCLUDING FARMINGTON.

* TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT WITH A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR A HARD FREEZE AROUND SUNRISE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM 23 TO 34
  DEGREES WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND LOW TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE
POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NMZ519-231600-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FZ.A.0001.130424T0800Z-130424T1500Z/
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
627 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. 

* LOCATION...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE
  METRO AREA.

* TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE COLDEST READINGS AROUND SUNRISE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING BETWEEN 25 TO 37 DEGREES EARLY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. THE COLDEST READINGS WILL BE IN THE FOOTHILLS...ON
  ALBUQUERQUES WEST MESA AND IN POCKETS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED BY FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES. EXPOSED PIPES COULD FREEZE OR CRACK. ANIMAL
  DRINKING WATER WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS
FREEZE EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.

&&

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
329 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ONE LAST DAY OF WARMING TODAY...THEN AN ABRUPT DROP IN TEMPERATURES
WILL OCCUR AS A COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY. AFTER HIGH TEMPERATURES 4 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
TODAY...READINGS WILL DROP 5 TO 21 DEGREES CENTRAL AND WEST
TUESDAY...AND AS MUCH AS 36 DEGREES IN THE EAST. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL PRODUCE
SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER NORTH
WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT ON THE FAR EASTERN
PLAINS...WHERE GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WITH THIS MORNINGS
FORECAST PACKAGE WE WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY TO COVER THIS
HAZARD. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DRIVING THE FRONT SOUTHWARD WILL
PASS SOUTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS PRODUCING SNOW
AND RAIN MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE
NE...BUT AROUND 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SANGRES NEAR THE
CO BORDER...INCLUDING RATON PASS. MOST OF THE SNOW WOULD FALL LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...AND WE WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT RE-EVALUATE
THE NEED FOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE WIND
WILL BLOW THE SNOW OR THE DUST RESULTING IN VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND FAR EASTERN AREAS.

UNDER PERSISTING NW FLOW ALOFT...AND IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH...TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND IN MOST LOCATIONS ON WEDNESDAY
WHILE STILL REMAINING NEAR AND BELOW NORMAL. WEAK PERTURBATIONS IN
THE NW FLOW ALOFT COULD SQUEEZE OUT A FEW MORE SHOWERS IN THE
SANGRES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB A FEW TO 7 DEGREES THURSDAY ABOVE
WEDNESDAYS READINGS...AS AN UPPER LOW FROM OFF THE BAJA COAST
MOVES INLAND OVER THE SW US. THIS UPPER LOW WILL DRAW MOIST LOW
LEVEL RETURN FLOW AS FAR WESTWARD AS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND SHEAR AND CAPE
LOOK SUFFICIENT FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40. MODELS INDICATE THE
UPPER LOW WILL CROSS AS AN OPEN WAVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ALONG AND EAST OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
ON FRIDAY.

BEYOND FRIDAY THE FORECAST GETS MESSY AS THE GFS KEEPS A BROAD
TROUGH OVER THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES AND THE ECMWF BUILDS A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THEN THE MODELS
EACH SWITCH TO THE OTHERS TUNE EARLY IN THE COMING WORK
WEEK...KEEPING UNCERTAINTY HIGH IN THE FORECAST.

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&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NEW MEXICO...

POOR RECOVERIES EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NM WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES
THIS AFTERNOON. STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH A SURFACE
LOW CENTER DEEPENING TO NEAR 999MB THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PLAINS
TO CREATE SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG
THE I-40 CORRIDOR ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANDIA/MANZANOS. MAX TEMPS
WILL AVERAGE 8 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THIS AREA AND HAINES
VALUES WILL BE HIGH FOR NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA. COVERAGE OF CRITICAL
CONDITIONS IS NOT AS GREAT AS PREVIOUS FORECAST HOWEVER WILL NOT MAKE
ANY CHANGES TO RED FLAG WARNING SINCE DIFFERENCE IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.

A POTENT BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL RACE SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS
EVENING BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER RECOVERIES
TUESDAY MORNING. BRIEF GAP WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
SOME LIGHT RAIN/SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE RIGHT ALONG THE CO BORDER
AND OVER THE FAR NORTHERN MTS.

WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE
HIGH SLIDES EAST INTO TX. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF NM AS ANOTHER MID LEVEL DRY SLOTS SHIFTS SOUTHEAST
OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION DAY AHEAD OF
AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE THAT WILL PUSH THRU THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE
AGAIN FOR WESTERN NM WITH SOME NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR
A COUPLE HOURS. HAINES VALUES WILL SHOOT BACK UP NEAR 6 FOR THE WEST
HOWEVER TEMPS WILL REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THE EAST WILL
REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOUTHERLY FLOW AND WEAKER MIXING.

BY THURSDAY A WEAKENING UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH OVER THE AREA WITH
LIMITED MOISTURE FOR A COUPLE POTENTIALLY DRY STORMS. GUSTY WINDS
ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN WITH THIS TROUGH FOR ANOTHER BREEZY/WINDY DAY
FOR MOST AREAS...HOWEVER MIN RH VALUES ARE MORE MARGINAL WITH THE
SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE. THE BEST SHOT FOR WETTING PRECIP WILL
BE OVER THE NORTHERN MTS AND THE NE PLAINS ONCE AGAIN INTO FRIDAY
ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPS. INTO THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND CONFIDENCE
IS LOW ON THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN.

GUYER

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE
VFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT 24HRS MOST AREAS WITH
DRY WESTERLY FLOW. MAINLY WEST WINDS TO INCREASE CONSIDERABLY MON
WITH MORE WIDESPREAD GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 45KTS BY AFTERNOON.
BETWEEN ABOUT 23Z AND 02Z MON EVE A STRONG BACK DOOR COLD FRONT
WILL ENTER FAR NE NM USHERING IN STRONG N TO NE WINDS 20 TO JUST
OVER 30 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS THAT BY END OF PERIOD SHOULD
ENCOMPASS AT LEAST THE NE THIRD OF THE STATE AND IMPACTING TCC AND
TO A LESSER DEGREE LVS. CIGS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT MAY LOWER
TO NEAR OR JUST INTO MVFR CATEGORY ACROSS THE FAR NE AFTER 03 OR
04Z.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  75  38  57  28 /   0   0   5   0
DULCE...........................  69  31  51  20 /   5  10  20   5
CUBA............................  74  33  54  23 /   0   5  10   5
GALLUP..........................  75  33  60  24 /   0   0   5   0
EL MORRO........................  70  31  60  24 /   0   0   5   0
GRANTS..........................  76  35  63  25 /   0   0   5   0
QUEMADO.........................  76  38  66  32 /   0   0   0   0
GLENWOOD........................  80  39  73  36 /   0   0   0   0
CHAMA...........................  62  31  45  20 /  10  10  20  10
LOS ALAMOS......................  70  39  54  30 /   0   5  20  10
PECOS...........................  68  33  49  27 /   5   5  20  20
CERRO/QUESTA....................  69  30  46  20 /   5  20  30  10
RED RIVER.......................  57  29  38  22 /  10  20  50  20
ANGEL FIRE......................  62  25  41  16 /  10  20  60  20
TAOS............................  70  33  50  20 /   5  10  20  10
MORA............................  69  30  45  22 /   5  10  30  20
ESPANOLA........................  78  38  57  31 /   0   5  20  10
SANTA FE........................  71  37  54  29 /   0   5  10  10
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  76  37  58  31 /   0   5  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  79  43  65  38 /   0   0  10   5
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  80  46  66  40 /   0   0  10   5
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  82  48  68  41 /   0   0  10   5
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  84  47  68  40 /   0   0  10   5
LOS LUNAS.......................  83  48  70  40 /   0   0   5   5
RIO RANCHO......................  84  45  66  39 /   0   0  10   5
SOCORRO.........................  90  50  78  41 /   0   0   5   0
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  77  40  63  30 /   0   5  10   5
TIJERAS.........................  81  39  65  31 /   0   0  10   5
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  74  35  59  29 /   0   5  10  10
CLINES CORNERS..................  73  32  54  27 /   0   5  10  10
GRAN QUIVIRA....................  77  39  65  32 /   0   5   5   5
CARRIZOZO.......................  79  43  72  37 /   0   0   0   5
RUIDOSO.........................  71  41  62  33 /   0   5   0   5
CAPULIN.........................  72  21  37  20 /  20  50  40  20
RATON...........................  74  23  39  21 /  10  40  50  20
SPRINGER........................  75  27  45  24 /   5  20  40  20
LAS VEGAS.......................  73  27  48  23 /   5  10  20  20
CLAYTON.........................  77  26  41  24 /  10  30  30  10
ROY.............................  75  29  46  25 /   5  20  20  10
CONCHAS.........................  84  36  52  29 /   5  10  10   5
SANTA ROSA......................  83  37  53  30 /   0  10  10   5
TUCUMCARI.......................  86  34  51  29 /   5  10  10   5
CLOVIS..........................  85  33  51  30 /   0  10   5   5
PORTALES........................  87  35  53  31 /   0  10   5   5
FORT SUMNER.....................  87  37  54  32 /   0  10  10   5
ROSWELL.........................  91  45  63  38 /   0   5   5   5
PICACHO.........................  85  41  58  34 /   0   5   0   5
ELK.............................  79  41  59  34 /   0   5   0   5

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104-107-108.

WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT TUESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ530>538.

&&

44

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
531 AM MDT SUN APR 21 2013

NMZ501>540-221200-
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 MDT SUN APR 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...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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