Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
542 PM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
NMZ023-024-030>032-TXZ055-056-101100-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...ALAMOGORDO...
LORDSBURG...DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...
DELL CITY
542 PM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM TO MOVE TO THE BORDERLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST WILL
START TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO BAJA CALIFORNIA BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL
BORDER...AND IS FORECAST TO BE SOUTH OF EL PASO AROUND MID
MORNING THURSDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOWS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THERE WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY OF RAIN MIXED
WITH SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING MAINLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND PASSES. SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE BORDERLAND BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD BY EVENING. SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH ICE PELLETS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GILA WILDERNESS AND
THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES ON THE IMPENDING STORM.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
255 PM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
NMZ505>509-519>526-533>540-101200-
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-
255 PM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST...WILL
DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO FAR SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND NORTHWEST MEXICO
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO MAKE
ITS WAY EASTWARD ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO 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
MODERATE TO HEAVY 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 IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY.
THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. A TRACK
FURTHER SOUTH WOULD RESULT IN LESS SNOWFALL FOR THE AREA...WHILE A
MORE NORTHERLY TRACK WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. RESIDENTS OF
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
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