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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
602 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

NMZ505>508-511>524-527>529-190200-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SANTA FE METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CLINES CORNERS...EL MORRO...ESPANOLA...
GALLUP...GRAN QUIVIRA...GRANTS...LAS VEGAS...LOS ALAMOS...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...QUEMADO...RATON...
SPRINGER...RED RIVER...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...
SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS
602 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 8 PM MDT...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL TRACK TO THE EAST
OVER NEW MEXICO FROM NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EAST OVER THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH THAN ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.
A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY ALSO OCCUR RANDOMLY OVER THE REGION.
GUSTY WINDS MAY KICK UP LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...WHERE
VISIBILITIES MAY BE SUDDENLY REDUCED.

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NMZ501>504-510-190200-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA...CUBA...DULCE...FARMINGTON
602 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 8 PM MDT...LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE
NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS.
MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST. VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50
MPH MAY BE FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF THESE SHOWERS...BUT LITTLE TO
NO RAIN. A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

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