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FPUS75 KABQ 192136
NOWABQ

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

NMZ501>508-519>524-200000-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
CLINES CORNERS...CUBA...DULCE...EL MORRO...FARMINGTON...GALLUP...
GRAN QUIVIRA...GRANTS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...QUEMADO...
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...SOCORRO
336 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE
EAST OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FOR THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL 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. AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED THROUGH 6 PM INCLUDE GALLUP...
STANDING ROCK...CROWNPOINT...MARRQUEZ...COUNSELOR...CHAMA AND THE
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA.

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NMZ510>518-527>532-534-200000-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-QUAY COUNTY-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-UNION COUNTY-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CHAMA...
CLAYTON...CONCHAS...ESPANOLA...LAS VEGAS...LOS ALAMOS...PECOS...
CERRO/QUESTA...RATON...SPRINGER...RED RIVER...ROY...SANTA FE...
TAOS...TUCUMCARI
336 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE EAST OVER
MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. MOST OF THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 50 MPH BUT ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF 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 WILL ACCOMPANY
ISOLATED SHORT LIVED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS OVER THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BEFORE 6 PM INCLUDE
RED RIVER...TAOS...MORA...CIMARRON...GLADSTONE...CLAYTON...CAPULIN
AND LOGAN.

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