Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
544 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
NMZ505>509-519>526-533>540-092200-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
GUADALUPE COUNTY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
544 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...
ANOTHER POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY GATHERING STRENGTH OFF
THE CALIFORNIA COAST...WILL DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO FAR SOUTHERN
ARIZONA AND NORTHWEST MEXICO LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE LOW WILL THEN MAKE ITS WAY EASTWARD ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDERLAND REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
THE EVENTUAL SPEED AND TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL
DETERMINE WHERE AND HOW MUCH WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLS ACROSS
SOUTHERN AREAS...AND HOW MUCH COLD AIR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOWS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ACCUMULATING SNOWS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AS
EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MIXED RAIN AND
SNOW AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SPREADING EASTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE UPPER GILA REGION AS WELL AS THE GUADALUPE...
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO AND CAPITAN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS.
A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND COULD LAST
THROUGH THURSDAY.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS...BUT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.
$$
KJ/DLC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
954 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-092200-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...
ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...LORDSBURG...
DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
954 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM TO MOVE TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
AN UPPER LOW OVER THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN
MEXICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL
BEGIN WEST OF DEMING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD TO THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
UPPER LOW WILL MOVE TO THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS EARLY THURSDAY EVENING
AND ALLOW OUR AREA TO BEGIN CLEARING OUT AT THAT TIME.
HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...WITH THE BEST
SHOT AT HEAVY SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW
LEVELS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 7500 FEET AND DROP TO
AROUND 5500 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW LOWLAND AREAS SUCH AS
SIERRA...OTERO AND HUDSPETH COULD SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW
THURSDAY MORNING...BUT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES ON THE IMPENDING STORM.
$$
TRIPOLI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
545 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-092200-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...
FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...
MARATHON...SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
545 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 /445 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010/
...A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND WEST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE REGION THURSDAY. A MIX OF RAIN...
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS
WEDNESDAY...AND COULD LAST THROUGH THURSDAY DEPENDING ON THE SPEED
OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM.
THE EVENTUAL SPEED AND TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL
DETERMINE HOW MUCH COLD AIR IS AVAILABLE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION...
WHERE...AND WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL. RESIDENTS OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS...BUT SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
$$
