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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
356 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013

NMZ501>540-031300-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
356 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013

...COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON HEADED FOR NEW MEXICO IN UPCOMING MULTI
DAY BOUT WITH WINTER WEATHER...

A DOUBLE BARRELED ROUND OF CANADIAN COLD WILL DIVE SOUTH INTO NEW
MEXICO FROM MIDWEEK ONWARD...SETTING UP CHILLY AND WINTER LIKE
WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...INTO THE WEEKEND...AND
INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.

COILING UP OVER THE CANADIAN WEST COAST...THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM WILL
ARRIVE OVER UTAH BY MIDWEEK...AS A MORE POWERFUL SHOT OF COLDER AIR
ORIGINATING FROM THE CANADIAN ARCTIC PLUNGES INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS DOUBLE WAVE OF ARCTIC COLD WILL
PENETRATE SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO...BRINGING STRONG WINDS...
RAPID TEMPERATURE DROPS...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AS
DECEMBER GETS UNDERWAY.

SNOW BEGINNING OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE
TUESDAY NIGHT WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERAGE FOLLOWING THE COLDER AIR
SOUTHWARD ACROSS INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL FAVOR THE HIGH COUNTRY...BUT RAPIDLY FALLING
SNOW LEVELS WILL BRING SNOWFLAKES TO THE UPPER VALLEYS. GUSTY WINDS
WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH POSSIBLE LATE WEEK TRAVEL
IMPACTS CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW COVERAGE WILL REMAIN BROAD THURSDAY...
AS THURSDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE DEEP CHILL. SINGLE
DIGIT OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE NORTHEAST...
WITH TEENS AND 20S ELSEWHERE. LATE WORK WEEK DAYTIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES COLDER THAN TEMPERATURES
LOGGED EARLIER IN THE WORK WEEK. BLUSTERY COLD WILL PUSH WIND CHILL
BELOW ZERO FOR THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE LATE WEEK ROUND OF WINTER WILL BE REINFORCED OVER THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND...AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE TAKING SHAPE OVER THE CENTRAL
SIERRA NEVADA WILL ROCKET EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE...LEAVING
CONTINUED ROUNDS OF SNOW...COLD...AND WIND IN ITS WAKE.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FROM MIDWEEK THROUGH
THE WEEKEND IN NEW MEXICO SHOULD PREPARE WITH WINTER CONDITIONS IN
MIND. PLAN WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS...STATEMENTS...AND WARNINGS ON
WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR PREFERRED MEDIA
OUTLET. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT ALBUQUERQUE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FACEBOOK PAGE OR JOIN THE NEW MEXICO WEATHER CONVERSATION ON TWITTER.

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SHY
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
