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FPUS75 KABQ 111902
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
102 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

NMZ530>532-534>538-112100-
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
102 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 3 PM MDT...SCATTERED BATCHES OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL STRUGGLE TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...
BUT A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. BEFORE 3
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 CAPULIN...GLADSTONE...CHICOSA LAKE STATE PARK...
MOSQUERO...VARIADERO...AMISTAD...NARA VISA...LOGAN...PORTALES...
ELIDA...MILNESAND...AND ELKINS. SOME ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

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NMZ510>529-533-539-540-112100-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
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-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SANTA FE METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CARRIZOZO...CHAMA...CLINES CORNERS...
ELK...ESPANOLA...GRAN QUIVIRA...LAS VEGAS...LOS ALAMOS...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...PICACHO...RATON...
SPRINGER...RED RIVER...RUIDOSO...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...
SANTA FE...SANTA ROSA...SOCORRO...TAOS
102 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.NOW...

THROUGH 3 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POTENTIALLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE SHAPE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. ACTIVITY
WILL COVER THE HIGHLANDS BETWEEN WATROUS...LAS VEGAS...ANTON CHICO...
AND CLINES CORNERS...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS NEAR MANZANO...MOUNTAINAIR...GRAN QUIVIRA...BINGHAM.
ACTIVITY WILL ALSO DRIFT SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE TO LOWER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY FROM ALBUQUERQUE SOUTHWARD THROUGH BELEN...BERNARDO...
AND SOCORRO. SOME ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE
STRONGER SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH OF RAINFALL...BUT MANY AREAS WILL LIKELY ONLY RECEIVE A FEW
SPRINKLES TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

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NMZ502-504>508-112100-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUBA...EL MORRO...GALLUP...GRANTS...QUEMADO
102 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 2013

.NOW...

THROUGH 3 PM...SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRUGGLE TO TAKE
SHAPE OVER AND NEAR THE 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 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH BRIEF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

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