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Special Weather Statement
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
352 PM MST THU MAR 6 2014

NMZ501>540-071200-
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-
352 PM MST THU MAR 6 2014

...SOME RAIN AND SNOW REVISITING NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND ADVANCE FAIRLY QUICKLY SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY AND COOLER
TO COLDER CONDITIONS. CONCURRENTLY...A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL APPROACH NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND MOVE SOUTH
ACROSS THE STATE LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE UPSHOT WILL BE THAT
INITIALLY SPOTTY RAIN SHOWERS WITH SOME HIGH TERRAIN SNOW ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE FRIDAY...WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND
WIDESPREAD OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
LATE DAY FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
BE MOST LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE ADJACENT
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS WHERE SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED
INCLUDE INTERSTATE 25 FROM NEAR LAS VEGAS TO THE COLORADO STATE
LINE...AND HIGHWAY 64 AND 87 FROM RATON TO CLAYTON...WHERE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
POSSIBLY INTO PART OF THE DAY SATURDAY. ALSO THERE MAY BE A FEW HOUR
PERIOD OF PRETTY STRONG WINDS TRAILING THE COLD FRONT...MAINLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND BELOW GAPS INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

AS THE SECOND PART OF THE SYSTEM TRACKS SOUTH LATER FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...THE FOCUS FOR GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MAY
BEGIN TO SHIFT TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...
OR BETWEEN THERE AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY IF SURFACE
WINDS BECOME EASTERLY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. HOWEVER...
SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR
NIGHT.

STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS WITH NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...ON LINE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR YOUR PREFERRED
INTERNET WEATHER INFORMATION PROVIDER...AND FROM BROADCAST AND PRINT
MEDIA. JOIN THE WEATHER CONVERSATION ON BOTH TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS VISIT NMROADS.COM OR CALL
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