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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1216 PM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

NMZ501>514-516>518-142001-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
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...CHAMA...CUBA...DULCE...EL MORRO...
ESPANOLA...FARMINGTON...GALLUP...GLENWOOD...GRANTS...LOS ALAMOS...
PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...QUEMADO...RED RIVER...SANTA FE...TAOS
1216 PM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 2 PM MDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND MOVE
WEST OR SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH OVER ADJACENT VALLEYS AND HIGHLANDS. VERY
LITTLE TO NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATION
LOCATIONS...BUT AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND A
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO ARE LIKELY WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS. MORE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY AND STRONGER WIND GUSTS ARE
POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN
COVERAGE.

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NMZ526-538>540-142001-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK...PICACHO...ROSWELL...RUIDOSO
1216 PM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND IN THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY
NEAR ARTESIA AND DRIFT NORTH TO NEAR DUNKEN...RUIDOSO AND ROSWELL BY
2 PM MDT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH INITIALLY...BUT GREATER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

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