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FPUS75 KABQ 111730
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

NMZ530>532-534>538-111900-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-UNION COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLOVIS...CONCHAS...FORT SUMNER...
PORTALES...ROSWELL...ROY...TUCUMCARI
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 1 PM MDT...SCATTERED BATCHES OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. AS THIS ACTIVITY CONGEALS AND BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED...
SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO TAKE SHAPE. BEFORE 1 PM...
AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL EXPAND WITH ISOLATED POCKETS
OF HEAVY RAIN IN STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY PRECIPITATION INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO BUEYEROS...GLADSTONE...CHICOSA LAKE STATE PARK...MOSQUERO...
TRUMJILLO...VARIADERO...RANCHVALE...CLOVIS...PORTALES...ELIDA...AND
ELKINS. SOME ERRATIC WIND GUSTS 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE.


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NMZ512>515-521>529-533-539-540-111900-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
GUADALUPE COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CARRIZOZO...
CLINES CORNERS...ELK...GRAN QUIVIRA...LAS VEGAS...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...PICACHO...RATON...
SPRINGER...RED RIVER...RUIDOSO...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...
SANTA ROSA
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.NOW...

THROUGH 1 PM...SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY BEGIN
TO TAKE SHAPE ALONG AND NEAR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN OF NEW
MEXICO. LOCATIONS WITHIN GUADALUPE AND WESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
WILL INITIALLY SEE INCREASING SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
POPPING UP...AND AREAS ALONG THE HIGHER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WILL
ALSO OBSERVE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOWARD THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE PRECIPITATION INCLUDE...
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CIMARRON...OCATE...MORA...WAGON MOUND...ANTON
CHICO...MOUNTAINAIR...CORONA...AND CLAUNCH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
DRIFT SOUTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH...EVENTUALLY IMPACTING THE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY NEAR SOCORRO. SOME ERRATIC WIND GUSTS 40 MPH...
SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

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NMZ502-504>508-510-511-111900-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA...CUBA...EL MORRO...GALLUP...
GRANTS...LOS ALAMOS...QUEMADO
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.NOW...

THROUGH 1 PM...SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY BEGIN
TO TAKE SHAPE ALONG AND NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN HIGH
TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO. AREAS THAT WILL INITIALLY BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE
TO DEVELOPING PRECIPITATION WILL INCLUDE THE SAN MATEO...ZUNI...
MAGDALENA...AND MOGOLLON MOUNTAINS. SOME ERRATIC WIND GUSTS 40 MPH...
SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH BRIEF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

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