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FPUS75 KABQ 180514
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1113 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

NMZ512>515-521>524-526>540-180700-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-QUAY COUNTY-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
UNION COUNTY-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CLAYTON...
CLINES CORNERS...CLOVIS...CONCHAS...ELK...FORT SUMNER...
GRAN QUIVIRA...LAS VEGAS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PECOS...
CERRO/QUESTA...PICACHO...PORTALES...RATON...SPRINGER...RED RIVER...
ROSWELL...ROY...RUIDOSO...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...
SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI
1113 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 130 AM...EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SPILL PAST THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND INTO CENTRAL VALLEYS OF NEW MEXICO. AREAS SUCH AS
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF THE GLORIETA PASS...
BEAR CANYON...TIJERAS CANYON...AND ABO PASS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
STRONGER WIND GUSTS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST. SOME GUSTS MAY
PERIODICALLY REACH 30 TO 40 MPH...LEADING TO SOME AREAS OF BLOWING
DUST.

$$

NMZ516>520-180700-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
ESPANOLA...SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS
1113 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN OF NEW MEXICO INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS AND ANY STORMS WILL GENERALLY PUSH EAST
SOUTHEASTWARD AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM A FEW SPRINKLES TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH SOME
SPOTTY LOCATIONS RECEIVING HIGHER AMOUNTS UNDER THUNDERSTORMS. ABRUPT
AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY ANY SHOWERS OR
STORMS...LEADING TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY BELOW 3 MILES. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

$$