Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2016, 4:24 AM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 36 hr. 24 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2016, 4:24 AM MST (11:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2016, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 5:30 AM MST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Ene Gila, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 4754 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 5:30 AM MST | SNOW 2.2 | 3 Sw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 5942 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 5997 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 1 Nnw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6017 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 S Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 5735 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 N Bayard, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6329 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.7 | 3 Nnw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6184 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.7 | 3 Wnw Mayhill, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 7262 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 Wsw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6072 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.9 | 3 Nnw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6296 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.1 | 9 Ene Hanover, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6463 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.4 | 4 Nw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6371 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Ne Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6591 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 S Cloudcroft, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 8723 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 7.7 | 2 Sw Cloudcroft, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 8970 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.3 | 5 W Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6352 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 24 Ssw Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6256 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 8 | 4 E Cloudcroft, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 8822 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 8:57 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 5 N Cloverdale, NM | ELEV 5300 FT |
| Jan 8, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.1 | 1 N Silver City, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 6007 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 9:25 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 5 Wsw Silver City, NM | ELEV 6200 FT |
| Jan 8, 10:10 AM MST | SNOW 6.5 | Sunspot, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 9262 FT COCORAHS |
| Jan 8, 10:41 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Se Timberon, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV APPX 7000 FEET |
| Jan 8, 11:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 6 Ne Pinos Altos, NM | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ELEV 8360 FT MCKNIGHT CABIN SNOTEL CHANGE IN SNOW DEPTH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
065 WWUS44 KEPZ 071124 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 424 AM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM HEADED TO GILA REGION AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS... .ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TOMORROW. THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AND AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...A COLD FRONT WILL DROP TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE FOR MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE ABOVE 7500 FEET IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GILA REGION WILL BE AROUND 8-10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES DOWN TO 6000 FEET. THE FOOT HILL APPROACHES TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS MAY SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AND END BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. NMZ401>403-072200- /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0002.160107T1800Z-160109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.160107T1800Z-160109T0000Z/ UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT 424 AM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET AROUND SUNSET. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 4000 FEET OVERNIGHT WITH PORTIONS OF THE LOWLANDS RECEIVING SNOW FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AND END LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GILA REGION WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. SOME ROAD CLOSURES MAY BECOME NECESSARY. * OTHER IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NMZ414>416-072200- /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0002.160108T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.160108T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT...MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO... PINON 424 AM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL START OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON WESTERN SLOPES...2 TO 6 INCHES ON EASTERN SLOPES AND 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY AND POSSIBLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ LUNDEEN
4 follow-up statements
285 WWUS44 KEPZ 072136 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 236 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO REGION... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER COLORADO BASIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT... ALLOWING SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO NEAR 4000 FEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE BY FRIDAY MORNING...AND AROUND 5000 FEET AROUND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND POINTS EAST. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF RIDGELINES...INCLUDING IN THE BOOTHEEL AND GILA REGIONS...AND THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. CONVERSELY...AREAS EAST OF RIDGELINES WILL SEE MUCH LESSER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE GILA REGION...WITH AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES COOL OFF OVERNIGHT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF DEMING TO AROUND LORDSBURG. EL PASO AND LAS CRUCES WILL SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...THOUGH SAN AUGUSTIN AND TRANSMOUNTAIN PASSES MAY SEE LIGHT SNOWFALL AROUND DAWN FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL PEAK OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...TAPERING OFF THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ416-080700- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.160108T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.160108T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO...PINON 236 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. DUE TO WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT...MUCH OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WILL BE IN A PRECIPITATION SHADOW WITH MUCH LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THAN AREAS TO THE WEST. * TIMING...SNOW WILL START OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED AND SHOWERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET...WHILE AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT...WILL SEE AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT. EVEN SO...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NMZ406-080700- /O.EXB.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.160108T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLOVERDALE 236 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL START MOVING INTO THE BOOTHEEL REGION THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 7000 FEET DROPPING TO NEAR 4500 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND 4000 FEET BY DAWN. STEEP UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BOOTHEEL ABOVE 5000 FEET...INCLUDING THE CLOVERDALE AREA. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLOVERDALE AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW PACKED. MOUNTAIN ROADS INCLUDING THE LESSER-TRAVELED GERONIMO PASS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ401>403-080700- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT 236 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE GILA REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SNOW LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 6000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO NEAR 5000 FEET AFTER SUNSET AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES IN...AND AS LOW AS 4000 FEET BY DAWN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...AND TAPERING OFF BY THE EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND A FOOT OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND AREAS ABOVE 7500 FEET. EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING SILVER CITY AND MUCH OF THE UPPER MIMBRES VALLEY. LOWER ELEVATION AREAS IN THE GILA VALLEY NORTHWEST OF SILVER CITY WILL SEE SNOWFALL RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS MAY VARY WITH WEST FACING SLOPES FAVORED FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS...AND EAST FACING SLOPES LIKELY SEEING LOWER AMOUNTS. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS EMORY PASS...HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF PINOS ALTOS... AND HIGHWAY 90 THROUGH THE BURRO MOUNTAINS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE AS SNOW LEVELS DROP OVERNIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NMZ414-415-080700- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.160108T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT 236 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL START OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE WEST SLOPES ABOVE 6000 FEET AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE 10 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT AND SUNSPOT... WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WEST SLOPE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...INCLUDING MESCALERO...HIGH ROLLS...MOUNTAIN PARK...AND TIMBERON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF EAST OF CLOUDCROFT DUE TO DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES...WITH JUST A COUPLE INCHES EXPECTED IN AREAS SUCH AS MAYHILL. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-PACKED AND ICY...AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE TOWARDS DAWN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN HIGH ROLLS AND CLOUDCROFT...AND ALONG THE SUNSPOT HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO TIMBERON. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ404-405-407-080700- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.160108T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS... HACHITA...ANTELOPE WELLS...DEMING...COLUMBUS 236 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL START MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6500 FEET DROPPING TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AS RAIN MIXES WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT...THEN SNOW-PACKED AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF DEMING AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 NORTHWEST OF DEMING. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 90 OVER THE BURRO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN LORDSBURG AND SILVER CITY MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HARDIMAN
580 WWUS44 KEPZ 080647 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1147 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO REGION... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER COLORADO BASIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING... ALLOWING SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO NEAR 4000 FEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE BY LATER THIS MORNING...AND AROUND 5000 FEET AROUND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND POINTS EAST. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF RIDGELINES...INCLUDING IN THE BOOTHEEL AND GILA REGIONS...AND THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. CONVERSELY...AREAS EAST OF RIDGELINES WILL SEE MUCH LESSER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE GILA REGION...WITH AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES COOL OFF OVERNIGHT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF DEMING TO AROUND LORDSBURG. EL PASO AND LAS CRUCES WILL SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...THOUGH SAN AUGUSTIN AND TRANSMOUNTAIN PASSES MAY SEE LIGHT SNOWFALL LATER THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL PEAK LATER THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ401>403-081600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT 1147 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO NEAR 5000 FEET THIS MORNING AS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES IN...AND AS LOW AS 4000 FEET BY DAWN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...AND TAPERING OFF BY THE EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND A FOOT OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND AREAS ABOVE 7500 FEET. EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING SILVER CITY AND MUCH OF THE UPPER MIMBRES VALLEY. LOWER ELEVATION AREAS IN THE GILA VALLEY NORTHWEST OF SILVER CITY WILL SEE SNOWFALL RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS MAY VARY WITH WEST FACING SLOPES FAVORED FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS...AND EAST FACING SLOPES LIKELY SEEING LOWER AMOUNTS. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS EMORY PASS...HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF PINOS ALTOS... AND HIGHWAY 90 THROUGH THE BURRO MOUNTAINS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE AS SNOW LEVELS DROP OVERNIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NMZ406-081600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLOVERDALE 1147 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL START MOVING INTO THE BOOTHEEL REGION THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO NEAR 4500 FEET LATER THIS MORNING...AND 4000 FEET BY DAWN. STEEP UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BOOTHEEL ABOVE 5000 FEET...INCLUDING THE CLOVERDALE AREA. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLOVERDALE AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW PACKED. MOUNTAIN ROADS INCLUDING THE LESSER-TRAVELED GERONIMO PASS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NMZ414-415-081600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT 1147 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING ALONG THE WEST SLOPES ABOVE 6000 FEET AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE 10 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT AND SUNSPOT... WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WEST SLOPE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...INCLUDING MESCALERO...HIGH ROLLS...MOUNTAIN PARK...AND TIMBERON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF EAST OF CLOUDCROFT DUE TO DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES...WITH JUST A COUPLE INCHES EXPECTED IN AREAS SUCH AS MAYHILL. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-PACKED AND ICY...AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE TOWARDS DAWN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN HIGH ROLLS AND CLOUDCROFT...AND ALONG THE SUNSPOT HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO TIMBERON. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ404-405-407-081600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS... HACHITA...ANTELOPE WELLS...DEMING...COLUMBUS 1147 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6500 FEET DROPPING TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATER THIS MORNING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AS RAIN MIXES WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT...THEN SNOW-PACKED LATER THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF DEMING AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 NORTHWEST OF DEMING. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 90 OVER THE BURRO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN LORDSBURG AND SILVER CITY MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NMZ416-081600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO...PINON 1147 PM MST THU JAN 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED AND SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET... WHILE AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT...WILL SEE AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT. EVEN SO...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
683 WWUS44 KEPZ 081553 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 853 AM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO REGION... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...ALLOWING SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO NEAR 4000 FEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST...AND AROUND 5000 FEET ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND POINTS EAST. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF RIDGELINES...INCLUDING IN THE BOOTHEEL AND GILA REGIONS...AND THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. CONVERSELY...AREAS EAST OF RIDGELINES WILL SEE MUCH LESSER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE GILA REGION...WITH AROUND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF DEMING TO AROUND LORDSBURG. EL PASO AND LAS CRUCES WILL SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...THOUGH SAN AUGUSTIN AND TRANSMOUNTAIN PASSES MAY SEE LIGHT SNOWFALL THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL PEAK LATER THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ401>403-082300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT 853 AM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...AND TAPERING OFF BY THE EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 6 TO 10 INCHES MOUNTAIN PASSES AND AREAS ABOVE 7500 FEET. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION ABOVE 6000 FEET...INCLUDING SILVER CITY AND MUCH OF THE UPPER MIMBRES VALLEY. LOWER ELEVATION AREAS IN THE GILA VALLEY NORTHWEST OF SILVER CITY WILL SEE SNOWFALL RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS MAY VARY WITH WEST FACING SLOPES FAVORED FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS...AND EAST FACING SLOPES LIKELY SEEING LOWER AMOUNTS. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS EMORY PASS...HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF PINOS ALTOS... AND HIGHWAY 90 THROUGH THE BURRO MOUNTAINS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE AS SNOW LEVELS DROP OVERNIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NMZ406-082300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLOVERDALE 853 AM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. STEEP UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BOOTHEEL ABOVE 5000 FEET...INCLUDING THE CLOVERDALE AREA. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLOVERDALE AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW PACKED. MOUNTAIN ROADS INCLUDING THE LESSER-TRAVELED GERONIMO PASS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ414-415-082300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT 853 AM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING LIGHTER THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING ALONG THE WEST SLOPES ABOVE 6000 FEET AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE 8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT AND SUNSPOT... WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WEST SLOPE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...INCLUDING MESCALERO...HIGH ROLLS...MOUNTAIN PARK...AND TIMBERON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF EAST OF CLOUDCROFT DUE TO DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES...WITH JUST A COUPLE INCHES EXPECTED IN AREAS SUCH AS MAYHILL. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-PACKED AND ICY...AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE TOWARDS DAWN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN HIGH ROLLS AND CLOUDCROFT...AND ALONG THE SUNSPOT HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO TIMBERON. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NMZ404-405-407-082300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS... HACHITA...ANTELOPE WELLS...DEMING...COLUMBUS 853 AM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4000 FEET...WITH SOME SNOW OR RAIN/SNOW MIX CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AS RAIN MIXES WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT...THEN SNOW-PACKED LATER THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF DEMING AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 NORTHWEST OF DEMING. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 90 OVER THE BURRO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN LORDSBURG AND SILVER CITY MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NMZ416-082300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO...PINON 853 AM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED AND SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET... WHILE AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT...WILL SEE AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT. EVEN SO...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HEFNER
369 WWUS44 KEPZ 082253 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 353 PM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO REGION... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...ON IT'S WAY INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4500 FEET..WITH SOME MIXED RAIN/SNOW BELOW THIS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOSTLY OVER...THOUGH AREAS IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS COULD SEE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAKING THE STORM EVENT SNOWFALL AROUND 6 TO 10 INCHES. NMZ401>403-090000- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT 353 PM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4500 FEET. SNOW CONTINUES TO TAPER OFF AND SHOULD END THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE...BRINGING THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO AROUND 3 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS EMORY PASS...HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF PINOS ALTOS... AND HIGHWAY 90 THROUGH THE BURRO MOUNTAINS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ406-090000- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLOVERDALE 353 PM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4500 FEET...WITH MIXED RAIN AND SNOW BELOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE...BRINGING TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL TO 4 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE AREA MAY BE SLIPPERY AND SNOW PACKED. MOUNTAIN ROADS INCLUDING THE LESSER-TRAVELED GERONIMO PASS 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. && $$ NMZ414-415-090600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT 353 PM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING LIGHTER LATE EVENING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...BRINGING TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS TO 6 TO 10 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL SNOW-PACKED AND ICY...AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN HIGH ROLLS AND CLOUDCROFT...AND ALONG THE SUNSPOT HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO TIMBERON. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ404-405-407-090000- /O.CON.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS... HACHITA...ANTELOPE WELLS...DEMING...COLUMBUS 353 PM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...1 INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE BRIEFLY SLUSHY OR SNOW PACKED. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF DEMING AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 NORTHWEST OF DEMING. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 90 OVER THE BURRO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN LORDSBURG AND SILVER CITY MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NMZ416-090600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO...PINON 353 PM MST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING LIGHTER LATE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 OR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW FALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HEFNER
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 7, 4:07 AM MST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 4:07 AM MST, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
407 AM MST THU JAN 7 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
THE NEXT IN SERIES OF WINTER STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING MOUNTAIN
SNOW AND LOWLAND RAIN TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HEAVY SNOW OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE
6000 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW. A RAIN SNOW MIX WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWLANDS BY FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS WILL TAPER
OFF AND END BY EARLY EVENING. DRY AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES
WILL OCCUR FOR THE WEEKEND AND FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER
WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
OUR ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES AS OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST TODAY. SHORT RANGE MODELS
INDICATE THAT SHOWERS COULD START OVER THE UPPER GILA REGION BY
MID DAY TODAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST
TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
NEAR SEASONAL TODAY WITH WINDS INCREASING INTO THE BREEZY CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE HEAVIEST PART OF PART OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER
NIGHT AS THE MAIN MOISTURE PLUME FLOWS OVER THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS
WILL START OUT GENERALLY ABOVE 6000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING AND
WILL LOWER TO 4500 FEET BY MORNING. THERE IS A HEAVY SNOW FALL
POTENTIAL FOR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST AND
SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS
DOWN TO 6000 FEET. FOOT HILL AREAS LEADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL
SEE AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES. EAST FACING SLOPES ALONG THE BLACK RANGE
AND SAC MOUNTAINS WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS DUE TERRAIN SHADOWINGEFFECTS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
BY MORNING...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOW ENOUGH FOR SNOW OVER
PORTIONS OF THE LOWLANDS IN HIDALGO...LUNA...SIERRA COUNTIES FOR
SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS. OTHER
LOWLAND AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE LARGE METRO AREAS MAY SEE A RAIN SNOW
MIX WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. MAIN SNOW
IMPACTS IN THE LARGE METRO AREAS WILL BE MOUNTAIN ROADS INCLUDING
US 70 THROUGH SAN AUGUSTIN PASS AND TRANSMOUNTAIN ROAD IN EL PASO.
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS THE
MAIN PORTION OF THE SYSTEM TRACKS EAST. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND
ENERGY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL KEEP SHOWERS GOING FOR
THE MOUNTAIN AREAS INTO FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. TEMPERATURES
ON FRIDAY WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH DAY TIME TEMPERATURES 6 TO 8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS A DRY NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW KEEPS TEMPERATURES DOWN
ACROSS THE REGION.
ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON SUNDAY. LATEST
MODEL RUNS HAVE LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS THE SYSTEM WILL NOT
HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. THERE WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCE
OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FROM THIS SYSTEM WITH LITTLE
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. AFTERWARDS...THE AREA WILL GET A FEW DAY
BREAK FROM WET AND WINTRY WEATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE PARTIALLY
BUILDS OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL BUT
IT SHOULD BE DRY MOST OF NEXT WEEK. LONG RANGE MODELS HINT AT
ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...07/12Z-08/12...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 00Z. SFC
WINDS WILL BE FROM SW AT 15 OT 20 KNOTS 18Z THRU 03Z. CIGS WILL BE
SCT100 BKN-OVC150-250 AFT 18Z RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BEGIN AROUND 18 FOR AREAS NORTH OF KSVC. AFT 00Z
SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT AREA WIDE WITH HEAVY SNOW OVER
MTN REGIONS AND RAIN OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS. CIGS WILL LOWER TO
5000 TO 6000 AGL OVER THE LOWLANDS WITH SCATTERED LAYERS BELOW
THAT IN AREAS OF RAIN. KTCS AND KDMN MAY SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX AFT
06Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN WEST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS. LGT TO MDT TURBC
ALONG AND JUST EAST OF MTN RIDGES.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF WINTER STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING 10-12
INCHES OF NEW SNOW FOR THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. FOR THE GILA REGION AND 8-10 INCHES FOR HIGHER
ELEVATIONS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL TURN
SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING...BECOMING WESTERLY BY THE EVENING. LOWLAND
MIN RH WILL REMAIN ABOVE 40 PERCENT THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH READINGS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 70% FOR THE SACS AND HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
IN THE GILA REGION. VALUES SHOULD DROP 5-15 PERCENT SATURDAY.
UPPER ELEVATIONS OVER THESE AREAS WILL SEE THE LARGEST DROP IN MIN
RH. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED FOR DAY TO DAY OVERNIGHT VALUES.
NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY WITH A
CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AND LOWLAND RAIN.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
EL PASO 56 37 49 33 / 10 40 20 0
SIERRA BLANCA 57 34 49 29 / 0 30 20 0
LAS CRUCES 52 33 45 28 / 10 50 20 0
ALAMOGORDO 51 33 47 27 / 20 50 30 20
CLOUDCROFT 33 19 26 15 / 30 100 70 50
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 50 31 43 26 / 30 60 30 10
SILVER CITY 44 27 36 21 / 80 80 40 20
DEMING 52 32 45 28 / 20 60 30 10
LORDSBURG 49 31 43 27 / 60 60 40 10
WEST EL PASO METRO 56 36 49 34 / 10 40 20 0
DELL CITY 57 35 50 27 / 0 30 20 0
FORT HANCOCK 61 37 53 32 / 10 20 20 0
LOMA LINDA 54 33 46 29 / 10 40 20 0
FABENS 58 37 50 32 / 0 40 20 0
SANTA TERESA 55 35 47 30 / 10 40 20 0
WHITE SANDS HQ 53 36 46 30 / 10 40 20 0
JORNADA RANGE 53 31 46 26 / 20 50 20 10
HATCH 52 31 46 27 / 20 60 30 10
COLUMBUS 54 34 46 30 / 20 60 30 0
OROGRANDE 54 35 47 30 / 10 40 20 10
MAYHILL 43 26 35 21 / 20 70 40 30
MESCALERO 41 25 32 17 / 30 90 60 30
TIMBERON 41 27 32 21 / 30 90 50 20
WINSTON 43 26 37 21 / 70 80 50 20
HILLSBORO 49 29 41 24 / 40 70 30 10
SPACEPORT 52 30 45 26 / 20 60 30 10
LAKE ROBERTS 40 23 34 15 / 100 90 70 20
HURLEY 46 28 38 23 / 70 70 30 10
CLIFF 45 28 40 20 / 90 80 50 20
MULE CREEK 44 26 37 17 / 90 80 50 20
FAYWOOD 47 29 39 23 / 50 60 30 10
ANIMAS 51 31 44 26 / 50 60 30 10
HACHITA 52 31 45 26 / 40 60 30 10
ANTELOPE WELLS 51 32 44 25 / 40 60 30 10
CLOVERDALE 47 31 42 24 / 50 70 30 20
&&
.EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY
FOR NMZ401>403.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST
FRIDAY FOR NMZ414>416.
TX...NONE.
&&
04 LUNDEENHazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:43 AM MST, 22 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 543 AM MST WED JAN 6 2016 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-071245- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 543 AM MST WED JAN 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE PATCHY FOG IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD GRADUALLY LIFT LATER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...RAIN ACROSS THE LOWLANDS WILL CONTINUE AS THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF WINTER STORM SYSTEMS MOVES THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE GILA REGION AND IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET IS POSSIBLE TODAY...RESULTING IN SNOW PACKED MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES. THE SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AND END LATE THIS AFTERNOON OUT WEST AND IN THE EARLY EVENING IN THE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE THE GILA REGION AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM DOES HAVE COLDER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO THE LOWLANDS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FOR LOWLANDS NORTH AND WEST OF THE EL PASO-LAS CRUCES METRO AREAS FRIDAY MORNING. DRY BUT MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE THE WEEKEND. BUT...YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH STATE LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MORE SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE LOWLANDS. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LUNDEEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:36 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero | 32 hr |
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