Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2014, 4:20 PM MST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2014, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 40 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2014, 4:20 PM MST (23:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2014, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2014, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789 WWUS45 KABQ 282320 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 420 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EVENT THIS WEEKEND... .SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE CHUSKA AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS A SLOW MOVING...MOISTURE LADEN STORM CROSSES NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FROM THE WEST. RECENT MODEL RUNS NOW SHOW A BROAD BAND OF MOISTURE SPANNING THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AS WELL SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...SO THESE AREAS ARE NOW INCLUDED IN A WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE DROPPING TO AROUND 5800 FEET ACROSS NORTHWEST AREAS WITH A COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS EAST OF NEW MEXICO. NMZ502-510>514-010500- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0004.140301T0700Z-140302T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0003.140301T0700Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA 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- 420 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...EXCEPT UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD AND INTENSIFYING SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SATURDAY WHEN GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...EXCEPT FOR 30 TO 40 MPH IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW LEVELS...GRADUALLY DROPPING NEAR 8000 FEET TONIGHT...RISING TO AROUND 8500 FEET SATURDAY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THEN DROPPING TO VALLEY BOTTOMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP THE VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...WHEN DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY. 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. && $$ NMZ515-010500- /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0003.140301T0700Z-140302T2300Z/ EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 420 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN INTENSIFY SATURDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH ON SATURDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...DROPPING NEAR 8500 FEET TONIGHT...THEN DROPPING TO VALLEY BOTTOMS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP THE VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...WHEN DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-508-521-526-010500- /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.A.0005.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 420 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SEVERAL INCHES TO NEAR A FOOT ABOVE 7500 FEET. UP TO A HALF FOOT IS POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 9000 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT...EXCEPT FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHERE A RAIN SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST FROM 40 TO 55 MPH SATURDAY...EXCEPT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS WHERE SPEEDS SHOULD ONLY REACH FROM 30 TO 40 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...DROPPING GRADUALLY TO 9000 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN TO NEAR 6500 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT. LIFTING TO NEAR 7000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ 44
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128 WWUS45 KABQ 010500 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1000 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WEST AND NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A VERY MOIST BUT RELATIVELY WARM STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS MOST LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 TO 9000 FEET SATURDAY BUT SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 700O FEET...ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. NMZ502-510>515-011200- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.140301T0700Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA 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- 1000 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET AND ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES...EXCEPT UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. LOCATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET MAY SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD AND INTENSIFYING SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN SATURDAY WHEN GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE WINDS WILL GUST FROM 15 TO 30 MPH. WINDS OVERALL WILL WEAKEN SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 8000 FEET LATE TONIGHT...RANGING FROM 8000 TO 9000 FEET SATURDAY THEN FALLING TO NEAR 6500 OR 7000 FEET LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP THE VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...WHEN DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY. 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. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-508-011200- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0005.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 1000 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW. AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET...SIX INCHES TO AROUND ONE FOOT. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL PREDOMINATE SATURDAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET. LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER WTIH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND SNOW FALLING DURING THE NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST FROM 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 8000 TO 9000 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN FALLING TO NEAR 6000 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ521-526-011200- /O.EXT.KABQ.WS.A.0005.140302T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1000 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SEVERAL INCHES TO NEAR A FOOT AT ELEVATIONS NEAR AND ABOVE 8000 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL PREDOMINATE OVER MOST OF THE REGION EXCEPT AT ELEVATIONS NEAR AND ABOVE 9000 FEET DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. COLDER AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW LEVEL TO LOWER TO AROUND 7500 FEET...WHERE IT WILL REMAIN ON SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST FROM 45 TO 55 MPH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND RIDGETOPS...BUT WILL BE WEAKER SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 9000 FEET LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN FALLING TO NEAR 7500 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$
694 WWUS45 KABQ 011156 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 456 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WEST...SOUTHWEST... NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL TODAY INTO SUNDAY... .A VERY MOIST BUT RELATIVELY WARM STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT WESTERN... SOUTHWESTERN...NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS MOST LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 TO 9000 FEET TODAY BUT SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 700O FEET...ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. NMZ502-510>515-012000- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA 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- 456 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET AND ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES...EXCEPT UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. LOCATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET MAY SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD AND INTENSIFYING. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE WINDS WILL GUST FROM 15 TO 30 MPH. WINDS OVERALL WILL WEAKEN SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...RANGING FROM 8000 TO 9000 FEET TODAY THEN FALLING TO AROUND 7000 FEET LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP THE VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES TODAY...DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-508-012000- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 456 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW. AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET...SIX INCHES TO AROUND ONE FOOT. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL PREDOMINATE TODAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET. THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER WITH PRECIPITATION BEGINNING AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THEN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST FROM 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 8000 TO 9000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THEN FALLING TO NEAR 7000 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ521-526-012000- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0005.140302T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 456 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SEVERAL INCHES TO NEAR A FOOT AT ELEVATIONS NEAR AND ABOVE 8500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL PREDOMINATE OVER MOST OF THE REGION EXCEPT AT ELEVATIONS NEAR AND ABOVE 9000 FEET DURING THE DAY. COLDER AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW LEVEL TO LOWER TO AROUND 7500 FEET...WHERE IT WILL REMAIN ON SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST FROM 45 TO 55 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND RIDGETOPS...BUT WILL BE WEAKER SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 9000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THEN FALLING TO NEAR 7500 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$
477 WWUS45 KABQ 011812 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL ON TAP FOR PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN... .A VERY MOIST BUT RELATIVELY WARM STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS MOST LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET TODAY BUT SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. BELOW 700O FEET ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A SECOND AREA OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES WEST INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. NMZ508-012300- /O.UPG.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KABQ.WS.W.0003.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. GENERALLY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DOMINATE TODAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. COLDER AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL ALLOW RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW AT MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO RAIN BELOW 7500 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...9000 FEET TODAY FALLING TO NEAR 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ521-526-012300- /O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0005.140302T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KABQ.WS.W.0003.140302T0100Z-140302T2300Z/ SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DOMINATE OVER MOST OF THE REGION EXCEPT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET TODAY. COLDER AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW AT MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO RAIN BELOW 7500 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...9000 FEET TODAY FALLING TO NEAR 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. 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. && $$ NMZ502-510>515-012300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW BELOW 8000 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DOMINATE TODAY WITH SNOW ABOVE 9000 FEET CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY BELOW 7500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TODAY... BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...9000 FEET TODAY THEN FALLING TO AROUND 6500 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ505-507-012300- /O.EXB.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140302T0100Z-140302T2300Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DOMINATE TODAY THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE MIXING WITH RAIN AGAIN BELOW 7500 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...9000 TODAY THEN FALLING TO NEAR 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ530-531-534-012300- /O.EXB.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140302T0700Z-140302T2300Z/ UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW AND SLEET WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TODAY CHANGE TO SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...LOWERING TO ALL LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-012300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140301T1900Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1112 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DOMINATE TODAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER WITH PRECIPITATION BEGINNING AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THEN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY BELOW 7500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...9000 FEET TODAY FALLING TO NEAR 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$
275 WWUS45 KABQ 012254 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO MANY AREAS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... .A DEEP TAP OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE SLIDING OVER NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE FALLING THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY IMPACT ALL VALLEY BOTTOMS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7500 FEET HOWEVER EVEN LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. A SECOND AREA OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES WEST INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. NMZ502-508-510>515-020700- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST 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- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY BELOW 7500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...7500 FEET THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FALLING TO ALL LEVELS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BEFORE RISING ABOVE 7500 FEET AGAIN SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ521-526-020700- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.140302T0100Z-140302T2300Z/ SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. GENERALLY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DOMINATE THE REGION BELOW 9000 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. COLDER AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW AT MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO RAIN BELOW 7500 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...9000 FEET TODAY FALLING TO NEAR 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. 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. && $$ NMZ516-020700- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ527-528-020700- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET AND 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ530-531-534-020700- /O.EXT.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140301T2254Z-140302T2300Z/ UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW EARLY SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...LOWERING TO ALL LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-020700- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET AND 1 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY BELOW 7500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ505-507-020700- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.140302T0100Z-140302T2300Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 354 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE MIXING WITH RAIN AGAIN BELOW 7500 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$
390 WWUS45 KABQ 020500 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1000 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO MANY AREAS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... .A DEEP TAP OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE SLIDING OVER NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE FALLING THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY IMPACT ALL VALLEY BOTTOMS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7500 FEET HOWEVER EVEN LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. A SECOND AREA OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES WEST INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. NMZ502-508-510>515-521-526-021300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST 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-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1000 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW BELOW 7500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY BELOW 7500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS TONIGHT BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET AGAIN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ535-021300- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CURRY COUNTY- 1000 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN BECOME ALL SNOW EARLY SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...IT WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX AT ALL LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-516-021300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 1000 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW BELOW 7500 FEET...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW AT THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ505-507-021300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 1000 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE MIXING WITH RAIN AGAIN BELOW 7500 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...FALLING TO ALL LEVELS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ527-528-530-531-534-021300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1000 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW EARLY SUNDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...LOWERING TO ALL LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$
137 WWUS45 KABQ 021304 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 604 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... .PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO IMPACT MANY PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING WITH HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 8000 FEET. IN ADDITION...SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF THE STATE WITH A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW FALLING OVER PARTS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO BEFORE THE AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL ALLOW TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TO PERSIST TOWARD DUSK. DIAL 5 1 1 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. NMZ502-508-510>515-521-526-021900- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST 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-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 604 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 8000 FEET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ503-504-506-516-021900- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 604 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 9 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BEFORE THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 8000 FEET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NMZ505-507-021900- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 604 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF WET SNOW IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 8000 FEET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ527-528-530-531-534-535-021900- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- 604 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TODAY. * WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * SNOW LEVELS...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF HARDING...UNION...NORTHERN QUAY...AND COLFAX COUNTIES WITH A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IMPACTING THE REMAINDER OF QUAY COUNTY AND CURRY COUNTY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND THE TEXAS BORDER. 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. && $$
620 WWUS45 KABQ 021820 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1120 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER FOCUSING OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO... .A MIX OF VALLEY RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE LAST PIECE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL SLIDE OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND INTERACT WITH A BITTER COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE DAY. DIAL 5 1 1 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS OR VISIT NMROADS.COM. NMZ502-508-526-021930- /O.CAN.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1120 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ NMZ503>507-516-021930- /O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 1120 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ NMZ510>515-521-022300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 1120 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW LEVELS...ABOVE 7500 FEET. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HIGH TERRAIN ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME ROADS OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY BE IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ527-528-530-531-534-535-022300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- 1120 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET MAINLY OVER FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TODAY. * WINDS...NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * SNOW LEVELS...ALL AREAS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS ARE SNOW PACKED AND ICY....INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN TUCUMCARI AND THE TEXAS BORDER. 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. && $$
227 WWUS45 KABQ 022234 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 334 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 NMZ510>515-521-022345- /O.EXP.KABQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 334 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AND HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ NMZ527-528-530-531-534-535-022345- /O.EXP.KABQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2300Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- 334 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING HOWEVER LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. $$
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 28, 3:30 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:30 PM MST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WINDY AND WET STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS FROM THE WEST THIS WEEKEND WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION LIKELY ABOVE 7500 FEET AND MOSTLY RAIN AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO FROM 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ON SATURDAY...EXCEPT 45 TO 55 MPH ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ONTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. SUNDAY LOOKS COLDER...EXCEPT MUCH COLDER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST DUE TO A SHALLOW BUT SHARP BACK DOOR COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY FORECAST TO REBOUND MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CLIPPING NORTHERN NM COULD TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. && .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A VERY WOUND UP AND DYNAMICALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REACHING THE PACIFIC COAST. THE STORM IS USHERING A BROAD AREA OF PWAT VALUES OVER 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THESE ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PWATS ARE PROGGED TO REACH NM THIS WEEKEND GIVING THE FORECAST AREA WIDESPREAD WETTING PRECIPITATION. THE LATEST WPC QPF GRAPHIC INDICATES RAIN/LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT VALUES PEAKING AROUND A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ALONG NEW MEXICOS WEST AND NORTHWEST BORDER...EXCEPT FOR SOME AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND NEAR ARIZONAS WHITE MOUNTAINS. THE SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN INTO AN OPEN TROUGH BEFORE CROSSING FROM THE WEST...BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE MOUNTAINS TO WRING OUT SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW. PRECIPITATION SHOULD MAINLY COME IN A COUPLE OF WAVES. THE FIRST WAVE IS PROGGED TO IMPACT THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION SATURDAY MORNING...THEN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE LAYING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SECOND WAVE SHOULD STRETCH FROM THE WEST CENTRAL TO THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT...CAUSING SNOW LEVELS TO LOWER TO OR NEAR VALLEY BOTTOMS ACROSS NW AND W CENTRAL AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NOT LIKELY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS UNTIL THIS HAPPENS. WITH THIS PACKAGE WE ARE UPGRADING TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND CHUSKA MOUNTAINS. WE ARE ALSO ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE HIGH TERRAIN MINUS RATON PASS WHERE MODELS ARE LESS BULLISH ON POPS AND QPF. A WATCH WILL ALSO BE ISSUED FOR THE NW AND FAR NW HIGHLANDS WHERE ENOUGH COLD AIR MAY ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITHIN THE SECOND WAVE OF PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM STILL FAVORS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE WELL OVER 1 FOOT IS LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NE AND E CENTRAL PLAINS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO A SHALLOW BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THAT WILL SAG INTO THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS CROSSING FROM THE WEST. FRONTAL OVERRUNNING COULD RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME FREEZING PRECIPITATION NEAR THE TX BORDER. THIS WEEKENDS STORM SYSTEM WILL A SEGMENT OF THE POLAR JET OVER NM ON SATURDAY. WITH A 1004 MB SURFACE LOW EXPECTED OVER NEW MEXICOS NE CORNER...THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES SHOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE E SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF MORA COUNTY. THERE IS A RISK OF A FEW 60 MPH WIND GUSTS IN THIS AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ON SUNDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT FROM NEAR NORMAL TO AS MUCH AS 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS...AND AS MUCH AT 32 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE NE CORNER. THEN...READINGS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REBOUND EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY DUE TO AN UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL PASS NORTH OF NM. 44 && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGH CONFIDENCE CONTINUES ON A FIRE-SLOWING PATTERN ON TAP THRU THE WEEKEND AND PERHAPS EARLY NEXT WEEK. BUT FIRST...WINDS TODAY HAVE AGAIN BEEN A LITTLE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED AND A DYNAMIC DRY SLOT THAT PUSHED OVER THE AREA HAS SERIOUSLY DRIED OUT THE PLAINS. MIN RH VALUES HAVE FALLEN BLW 15 PCT AND WINDS ARE PLENTY STRONG ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I40 CORRIDOR BUT THICK HIGH CLOUDS AND MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD LIMIT GROWTH POTENTIAL NEXT FEW HOURS. ALL EYES ARE FOCUSED ON THE WELL ABOVE NORMAL MOISTURE PLUME PUSHING TOWARD NM AHEAD OF A DEEP STORM SYSTEM ENTERING CALIFORNIA. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT AND BECOME SOUTHWEST THEN MIX OVER MUCH OF THE PLAINS AGAIN SATURDAY. MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL TREND MIN RH VALUES HIGHER SO NOT THREAT FOR RED FLAGS IN OUR AREA. FARTHER NORTH AND WEST RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN WETTING THE HIGH TERRAIN. TEMPS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL BE WAY ABOVE NORMAL AND THUS SNOW ACCUMULATION LEVELS GENERALLY ABOVE 8000 FT. BY SATURDAY NIGHT COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN WITH BANDS OF RAIN/SNOW PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL ALSO SEE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 0.10 TO 0.30. FIRE POTENTIAL WILL BE SLOWED FOR AS MUCH AS 7 TO 10 DAYS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AND AS MANY AS 3 DAYS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM. SUNDAY WILL TREND MUCH MUCH COOLER FOR THE REGION...ESPECIALLY THE NE PLAINS WHERE ANOTHER COLD FRONT SHIFTS INTO THE AREA. THE OVERALL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN THRU NEXT WEEK WILL ACTUALLY BE QUITE SEASONABLE FOR EARLY MARCH WITH PERIODIC UPPER DISTURBANCES AND CLOUD COVER...BOUTS OF LEE TROUGHING...AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. PRECIP FROM THIS WEEKEND WILL STRONGLY INFLUENCE RECOVERIES...MIN RH VALUES...AND SOIL MOISTURE SO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WILL LIKELY LAY LOW FOR AT LEAST A LITTLE WHILE. GUYER && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VERY ACTIVE SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR AVIATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KTS CURRENTLY WILL TAPER OFF THRU THE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AND LOWER TO NEAR MT TOP LEVEL BY LATE DAY...SERVING AS A SIGN OF MOISTURE TO COME. THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE ON PRECIP START TIMES FOR KGUP AND KFMN IS SUNRISE AS A BAND OF RAIN PUSHES INTO THE AREA. THERE MAY BE A FEW STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND HOWEVER THIS WILL BE LATER WHEN INSTABILITY INCREASES AFT CURRENT TAF CYCLE. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE QUITE DRAMATICALLY BY LATE MORNING WITH BLDU POSSIBLE. GUYER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 39 55 32 53 / 60 80 70 40 DULCE........................... 32 49 27 47 / 70 90 90 50 CUBA............................ 34 54 29 49 / 50 80 90 50 GALLUP.......................... 36 53 30 50 / 50 80 70 40 EL MORRO........................ 34 50 27 45 / 40 90 80 50 GRANTS.......................... 34 55 30 50 / 20 60 60 40 QUEMADO......................... 41 52 33 48 / 30 80 80 50 GLENWOOD........................ 36 57 32 58 / 40 90 90 40 CHAMA........................... 30 45 24 41 / 80 90 90 70 LOS ALAMOS...................... 41 54 34 49 / 40 70 80 60 PECOS........................... 38 54 31 47 / 10 70 70 50 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 29 51 26 46 / 20 70 60 40 RED RIVER....................... 31 42 23 36 / 30 80 70 60 ANGEL FIRE...................... 31 49 26 42 / 20 70 70 60 TAOS............................ 32 52 29 48 / 20 60 60 40 MORA............................ 39 54 32 47 / 10 60 60 40 ESPANOLA........................ 33 59 31 54 / 20 60 60 50 SANTA FE........................ 38 54 31 48 / 20 60 70 40 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 36 58 32 53 / 10 60 60 40 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 45 60 38 55 / 10 60 70 40 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 42 63 38 58 / 10 60 60 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 40 64 39 60 / 10 60 50 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 41 64 38 59 / 10 60 60 30 LOS LUNAS....................... 35 67 34 61 / 10 50 50 30 RIO RANCHO...................... 40 63 38 58 / 20 60 60 40 SOCORRO......................... 45 69 41 62 / 10 40 60 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 42 58 34 52 / 20 80 90 50 TIJERAS......................... 44 58 37 52 / 20 70 80 40 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 36 59 31 51 / 10 50 70 50 CLINES CORNERS.................. 39 56 32 49 / 5 40 80 50 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 44 59 36 52 / 5 40 80 50 CARRIZOZO....................... 45 64 38 56 / 5 30 70 20 RUIDOSO......................... 42 59 34 51 / 5 30 80 40 CAPULIN......................... 35 60 24 37 / 5 30 40 50 RATON........................... 31 62 25 45 / 10 30 30 40 SPRINGER........................ 33 63 28 48 / 10 30 30 40 LAS VEGAS....................... 36 59 31 50 / 10 30 40 20 CLAYTON......................... 32 63 18 24 / 0 20 40 50 ROY............................. 37 63 29 42 / 5 30 40 50 CONCHAS......................... 40 72 37 44 / 5 20 40 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 42 70 41 53 / 5 20 40 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 38 74 35 40 / 0 10 40 50 CLOVIS.......................... 41 75 39 49 / 0 5 30 30 PORTALES........................ 40 77 40 52 / 0 5 30 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 42 74 43 54 / 0 10 40 20 ROSWELL......................... 44 83 46 70 / 0 5 20 10 PICACHO......................... 46 72 43 60 / 0 10 30 20 ELK............................. 45 66 40 56 / 0 10 50 40 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ523-533. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ503-504-506-508-521-526. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ502-510>515. && 44
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 5:57 AM MST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 557 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 NMZ501>540-011300- 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- 557 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS. WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. BLOWING DUST CAN SUDDENLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO 3 MILES OR LESS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WEST DURING THE DAY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH SUBSTANTIAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW MAY FALL ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES AND ON THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS BY LATE SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN PRIMARILY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ONTO THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. 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 THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. 40
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 1:31 PM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
131 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 WNW GALLUP 35.54N 108.78W
02/27/2014 M59 MPH MCKINLEY NM ASOS
KGUP ASOS.
0453 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 3 WNW GALLUP 35.54N 108.78W
02/27/2014 M44 MPH MCKINLEY NM ASOS
KGUP ASOS.
0647 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 10 WNW ALBUQUERQUE 35.15N 106.79W
02/27/2014 M61 MPH BERNALILLO NM AWOS
KAEG AWOS.
0800 PM SNOW 4 ESE BLACK LAKE 36.28N 105.19W
02/27/2014 M3.0 INCH COLFAX NM TRAINED SPOTTER
1040 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 18 WSW OSCURO 33.40N 106.36W
02/27/2014 M60 MPH LINCOLN NM MESONET
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE - POLE 616.
0312 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NW SUMNER LAKE 34.62N 104.40W
02/28/2014 M60 MPH DE BACA NM APRSWXNET/CWOP
0915 AM SNOW 10 SSE ANGEL FIRE 36.25N 105.21W
02/28/2014 M3.0 INCH MORA NM COCORAHS
0915 AM SNOW ANGEL FIRE 36.39N 105.28W
02/28/2014 M1.2 INCH COLFAX NM COCORAHS
0915 AM SNOW 5 E SHADY BROOK 36.37N 105.38W
02/28/2014 M3.2 INCH TAOS NM COCORAHS
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400407
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400408
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400409
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400410
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400411
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400412
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400413
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400414
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400415
JFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:04 PM MST | High Wind Warning | ABQ | 6 hr | |
| Feb 27, 9:04 PM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 19 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:20 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 19 hr |
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