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Short Term Forecast
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1254 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

NMZ512>515-521>524-526>540-180900-
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
1254 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 3 AM MDT...EAST OR 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 OR SOUTHEAST. SOME
GUSTS MAY PERIODICALLY REACH 35 TO 45 MPH...LEADING TO SOME AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST.

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NMZ516>520-180900-
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
1254 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 3 AM MDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PERSIST ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN OF NEW
MEXICO. SHOWERS AND ANY STORMS WILL GENERALLY PUSH EAST SOUTHEASTWARD
AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 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.

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