SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 515 AM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 NMZ501>540-092330- 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- 515 AM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 ...FAST MOVING STORM TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND SOME VERY HIGH ELEVATION SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AN INTENSE MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THIS EVENING AND THEN SURGE EAST NORTHEASTWARD TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND ACROSS COLORADO THURSDAY. IT WILL BRING A VARIETY OF INCLEMENT WEATHER TO NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. THE MOST WIDESPREAD IMPACT FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS THAT WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THOSE WINDS SHOULD IMPACT AREAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...ITS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS TO THE EAST... THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE LOWER TERRAIN DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY NEAR AND ABOVE 10000 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE AFOREMENTIONED STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW AROUND IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...SHARPLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. LASTLY...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY ERUPT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES. THIS WILL BE A CLOSE CALL THOUGH AS WHATEVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THAT DOES STREAM NORTH ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING DRIVEN JUST EAST OF THE STATE BEFORE STORMS DEVELOP. THIS ASPECT OF THE LARGER STORM SYSTEM HAS THE LOWEST PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:19:02 +0000