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FPUS75 KABQ 191851
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1250 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NMZ502-505>508-519>524-528>531-192100-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
CLAYTON...CLINES CORNERS...EL MORRO...GALLUP...GRAN QUIVIRA...
GRANTS...LAS VEGAS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...QUEMADO...RATON...
SPRINGER...ROY...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...SOCORRO
1250 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE
EAST OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW
MEXICO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY
OCCUR RANDOMLY OVER THE REGION. VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH
AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE MOST
LIKELY FROM THIS ACTIVITY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...THUS TRAVELERS
ALONG INTERSTATE 40 SHOULD USE CAUTION. OTHER AREAS THAT MAY BE
IMPACTED THROUGH 330 PM INCLUDE RATON...CAPULIN...SEDAN...
CROWNPOINT...THOREAU...EL MORRO AND BERNARDO.

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NMZ501-503-504-510>518-527-192100-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CHAMA...
CUBA...DULCE...ESPANOLA...FARMINGTON...LOS ALAMOS...PECOS...
CERRO/QUESTA...RED RIVER...SANTA FE...TAOS
1250 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE EAST OVER
MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS. MOST OF THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE VARIABLE GUSTY
WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH BUT NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN. THE GUSTY
WINDS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...WHICH MAY
BRIEFLY BUT SUDDENLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND COULD IMPACT HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD ALSO OCCUR
RANDOMLY. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BEFORE 330 PM INCLUDE
RED RIVER...COSTILLA...TAOS...CHAMA...NAMBE PUEBLO...AND COWLES.

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