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FPUS75 KABQ 160027
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013

NMZ501>524-160145-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-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...CHAMA...CLINES CORNERS...CUBA...DULCE...
EL MORRO...ESPANOLA...FARMINGTON...GALLUP...GLENWOOD...
GRAN QUIVIRA...GRANTS...LOS ALAMOS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PECOS...
CERRO/QUESTA...QUEMADO...RED RIVER...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
TIJERAS...SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TRACKING NORTHEAST
OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BEFORE SUNSET. AREAS
MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE GALLUP TO ZUNI...FENCE
LAKE AND LUNA...QUEMADO LAKE TO BEAVERHEAD AND DUSTY...FROM DUSTY TO
SOCORRO AND BERNARDO...AND PUEBLO PINTADO TO LINDRITH AND DULCE.
BRIEF RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH PRODUCING AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS
MAY PRODUCE PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

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NMZ527>532-160145-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-UNION COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAPULIN...CLAYTON...CONCHAS...LAS VEGAS...
RATON...SPRINGER...ROY
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS THROUGH SUNSET. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS
WILL BE FOUND NEAR BELL RANCH. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
BETWEEN RATON AND CAPULIN AND IN THE GLADSTONE AREA. MOVEMENT OF THIS
ACTIVITY IS TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...BLOWING DUST...PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

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NMZ525-526-533>540-160145-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRIZOZO...CLOVIS...ELK...FORT SUMNER...
PICACHO...PORTALES...ROSWELL...RUIDOSO...SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013

.NOW...
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD
AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH
SUNSET. FAVORED AREAS INCLUDE MESA TO NEWKIRK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...BLOWING DUST...PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS.

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