Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

306 
WWUS45 KABQ 072201
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
301 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING ACCUMULATING
SNOW TO THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY START
OUT AS RAIN...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL
OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD
CONDITIONS VISIT NMROADS.COM OR CALL 5 1 1.

NMZ512>515-527-080600-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.140308T0100Z-140308T1900Z/
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-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
301 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON MST SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND OVER THE HIGH PEAKS. 

* TIMING...RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW CONTINUING THIS EVENING WILL
  CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF SATURDAY.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING SHIFTING 
  TO THE NORTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS...NEAR OR ABOVE 8500 FEET LOWERING TO ALL LOCATIONS
  OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE LOCALLY REDUCED IN SNOW. 
  TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH PASSES SUCH AS 
  BOBCAT AND PALO FLECHADO PASSES. 

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.

&&

$$

NMZ510-080600-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.140308T0100Z-140308T1900Z/
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
301 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON MST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE ALONG EAST FACING HIGHER PEAKS. 

* TIMING...RAIN AND HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL
  SNOW AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING SHIFTING 
  TO THE NORTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW LEVELS...NEAR OR ABOVE 8500 FEET LOWERING TO ALL LOCATIONS
  OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE LOCALLY REDUCED IN SNOW. 
  TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH PASSES SUCH AS 
  BOBCAT AND PALO FLECHADO PASSES. 

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.

&&

$$

NMZ528>531-080600-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.140308T0100Z-140308T1900Z/
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-
301 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON MST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER. LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 
  INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE RATON MESA. 

* TIMING...DEVELOPING RAIN AND HIGHER TERRAIN RAIN AND SNOW WILL
  CHANGE TO SNOW AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY THROUGH THIS
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY 
  LATE EVENING. GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. 

* SNOW LEVELS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS 
  BY LATE EVENING...WITH SNOW BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN BY MIDDAY 
  SATURDAY. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW 
  AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 25 ESPECIALLY FROM 
  RATON TO THE COLORADO BORDER MAY BE AFFECTED AS WELL AS 
  HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM RATON THROUGH CAPULIN AND DES MOINES TO 
  CLAYTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

SHY/42

892 
WWUS45 KABQ 080409
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
909 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND NORTHEAST NEW
MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS MAY ALSO
RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. FOR THE
LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS VISIT NMROADS.COM OR CALL 5 1 1.

NMZ512>515-527-081200-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
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-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
909 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND HIGHER PEAKS NEAR THE
  COLORADO BORDER.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  3 AM MDT...THEN SNOW COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN
  THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT. SPEEDS 20 TO 30
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER RATON PASS.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT
  ALL ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY.
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE LOCALLY REDUCED IN SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER
  RATON PASS WHERE BLOWING SNOW MAY ALSO DEVELOP.

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.

&&

$$

NMZ510-081200-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
909 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE ALONG EAST FACING HIGHER PEAKS. 

* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE...AND AT TIMES
  HEAVY...SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE
  AND INTENSITY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* SNOW LEVELS...NEAR OR ABOVE 8500 FEET LOWERING TO ALL 
  LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY.
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN SNOW.

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.

&&

$$

NMZ528>531-081200-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-
909 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  3 AM MDT. SNOW SHOULD THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
  THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY.

* WINDS...NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
  MPH FROM RATON EAST AND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS UNION COUNTY FOR
  THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN
  THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY.

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

* LOCAL IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
  BLOWING SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY...ESPECIALLY
  ON INTERSTATE 25 OVER RATON PASS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 64 AND 87
  FROM RATON TO CLAYTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

44

323 
WWUS45 KABQ 081133
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
433 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...CHANCES FOR SNOW CONTINUE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND NORTHEAST
THIS MORNING...

.A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG
SOUTH AND WESTWARD OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS
MORNING...WITH CHANCES FOR SNOW PERSISTING OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH
TERRAIN AND NORTHEAST. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS
VISIT NMROADS.COM OR CALL 5 1 1.

NMZ512>515-527-081900-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
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-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
433 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
MST TODAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SLOPES AND HIGHEST PEAKS NEAR THE
  COLORADO BORDER.

* TIMING...SNOW COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD GRADUALLY LESSEN AS
  THE MORNING PROGRESSES. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT
  ALL ELEVATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ESPECIALLY OVER
  THE HIGHER PASSES SUCH AS BOBCAT AND PALO FLECHADO PASSES.

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.

&&

$$

NMZ510-081900-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
433 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
MST TODAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES AND THE PEAKS. 

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
  MID TO LATE THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS...EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

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

* LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY.
  VISIBILITIES MAY BE OCCASIONALLY REDUCED IN SNOW.

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.

&&

$$

NMZ528>531-081900-
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-
433 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
TODAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY MID
  TO LATE MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
  MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. 

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

* LOCAL IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW.
  ROADS MAY BE SNOW PACKED OR SLICK IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON
  BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

064 
WWUS45 KABQ 081843
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1143 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

NMZ512>515-527-081945-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
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-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
1143 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH MODEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

NMZ510-081945-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
1143 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH MODEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.


$$

NMZ528>531-081945-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140308T1900Z/
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-
1143 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH MODEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

SHY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1107 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE
SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NM OVER 24 HR PERIOD...WITH
SNOW SHOWERS IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS
ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM AS THE PACIFIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS STATEWIDE FROM PACIFIC FRONT IN THE
WEST AND BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IN THE EAST. WIND GUSTS FOR MOST TAF
SITES COULD REACH 30 KTS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MTN OBSCURATION
ALONG THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...340 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014...
.SYNOPSIS...
NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO MAINLY
TODAY INTO SATURDAY. FROM THE SAN JUAN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. BRISK NORTH WINDS ARE
LIKELY AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS COULD SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
MOUNTAINS AND CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AREA SATURDAY IF AN UPPER LOW
CIRCULATION DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO...BUT MODELS UNCERTAIN.
OTHERWISE SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER WITH BELOW AVERAGE HIGHS. QUIET
WEATHER WITH A WARMUP SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH SOME POTENTIALLY
UNSETTLED WEATHER AGAIN MIDWEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS MAKING THE INCOMING STORM SYSTEM A HEADACHE. NAM INSISTS THE
SYSTEM WILL BE A CLIPPER TYPE WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION
MOST PLACES EXCEPT THE FAR NORTHEAST...WHILE ECMWF/GFS STILL ON
BOARD DEVELOPING A CLOSED LOW BACK OUT OVER SW NM BY SATURDAY.
HOWEVER...THEY ALL SEEM TO AGREE THE NE WILL GET SOMETHING OUT OF
THIS...AND GFS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A QPF/SNOW BOMB OVER THE NE THAT
STILL SEEMS OVERDONE. COLD FRONT...OR AT LEAST A WIND SHIFT...IS
QUICKER THAN WHAT WAS INDICATED 24 HOURS AGO...AND RUC SHOWS IT
COULD REACH THE FAR NE IN TIME FOR LUNCH AT THE CLAYTON DAIRY QUEEN.
IN ANY CASE...HAVE GONE AHEAD WITH SOME WINTER WX ADVYS FOR THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO AND SAN JUAN MTS AS WELL AS THE NE HIGHLANDS AND
PLAINS STARTING AT 6 PM AND RUNNING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG RATON
MESA...AND PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS.

THE EXTENT OF LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE MAY BE AN ISSUE...AND HAVE FAVORED
THE ECMWF/GFS PATTERN WISE...WHICH PUSHES AN EAST WIND INTO THE RGV
EARLY SATURDAY...SO HAVE KEPT THE TREND SATURDAY OF INCREASING POPS
WEST AND DECREASING EAST. MAY NEED TO REVISIT THIS...DEPENDING ON
12Z MODEL TRENDS.

CLEARING STILL INDICATED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY SATURDAY NIGHT
ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE SOUTH IN THE EVENING.
SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY AND WARMER ALTHOUGH HIGHS IN THE NE MAY BE TOO
WARM DEPENDING ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR LACK OF. ANOTHER SYSTEM DUE
AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH MODELS REMAIN OUT OF SYNC
WITH EACH OTHER.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT IS CURRENTLY PASSING OVER NORTHEASTERN NM
WITH A MORE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING BEHIND IT. THE
LATTER SYSTEM WILL BRING A NOTABLE COOLDOWN TO THE FORECAST AREA
INTO SATURDAY WHILE ALSO INTRODUCING RAIN AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN
THE NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN ZONES. FOR TODAY...SOME BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE DEVELOPING WITH WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED TO
APPROACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON IN SEVERAL ZONES.
HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS WILL RISE AND TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL IN
THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE STATE. THIS WILL KEEP RH ELEVATED ENOUGH TO
AVOID WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. VENTILATION WILL
BE EXCELLENT IN MOST ZONES...AND WETTING PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
BREAK OUT ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER BEFORE DUSK.

A BACK DOOR FRONT WILL INVADE EASTERN NM THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY
CONDITIONS SPREADING OVER THE FAR PLAINS NEAR THE OK/TX BORDERS.
PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WITH A FEW TO
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING IN THE NORTHEASTERN
PLAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SOME RAIN
WILL INITIALLY BE OBSERVED IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS...BUT SNOW
LEVELS WILL BE DROPPING CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT. BY MID MORNING
SATURDAY THE BACK DOOR FRONT WILL BE SPILLING BEYOND GAPS/CANYONS
AND INTO CENTRAL VALLEYS...INDUCING MORE GUSTY WINDS. THESE WILL
LAST INTO THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE NO FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS ARE FORESEEN FOR SATURDAY AS PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE
WITH SUPPORT FROM ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THE TROUGH AND SOME UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE
WITH READINGS RUNNING 5 TO 12 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.

THIS DISTURBANCE WILL FULLY SHIFT SOUTH OF NM BY SUNDAY...BRINGING A
DRIER AIRMASS AND WARMING TEMPERATURES TO THE FORECAST AREA. SOME
POCKETS OF POOR VENTILATION MAY STAGNATE OVER SOME CENTRAL TO
NORTHWESTERN AREAS SUNDAY. BY MONDAY WARMING TEMPERATURES...HIGHER
MIXING HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER BREEZES WILL BRING ABOUT BETTER
VENTILATION RATES. A COUPLE OF HOURS OF LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE INTERFACE OF THE
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND EAST CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.

THE PATTERN THEN FLIPS BACK TO A MORE ACTIVE ONE TUESDAY. ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL BE CLOSING IN ON THE STATE...ALTHOUGH SOME
LARGE MODEL DIFFERENCES EXIST ON TRACK AND TIMING. THE PATTERN WOULD
APPEAR TO FAVOR STRONGER WINDS WITH ANOTHER BACK DOOR FRONTAL
INTRUSION LATE TUESDAY.

52

&&

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SATURDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ510-512>515-527>531.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

NMZ501>540-081300-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
600 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE.
TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE GLORIETA PASS AREA TO THE COLORADO
STATE LINE...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM RATON TO CLAYTON WILL
BE AFFECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SHOWERS TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER
THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE
AREA NEXT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

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.