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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
447 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2015

NMZ501>540-202300-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
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-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
447 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2015

...COLDER WITH SNOW POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY...

AFTER A STRETCH OF SPRING LIKE WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE
NORMAL...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL
BRING POTENTIAL FOR COLDER AND WETTER WEATHER TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AS A BROAD AREA OF UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND SHOVES A
STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO NEW MEXICO. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE
TO POUR INTO THE STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND DROPPING HIGH TEMPERATURES
10 TO 20 DEGREES BY SUNDAY FROM TODAYS READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WESTERN AREAS...AND A STARTLING 35 TO 50 DEGREES ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL
STRUGGLE TO REACH THE 20S ON SUNDAY...AND TEMPERATURES COULD LIKELY
REMAIN NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING THERE UNTIL TUESDAY.

LIGHT SNOWFALL COULD BEGIN AS SOON AS TONIGHT BUT IS MORE LIKELY
SATURDAY FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS OVER THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS...WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR OVER THE SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS...AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS...AND ALONG AND NEAR THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR PLANS OVER NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET
FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.

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