***Special Weather Statement*** WINTRY WORK WEEK START FOR - TopicsExpress



          

***Special Weather Statement*** WINTRY WORK WEEK START FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FOR AREAS LISTED BELOW WILL BE AFFECTED: 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 Middle Rio Grande Valley, Albuquerque Metro Area 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 A FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE RACING FROM SOUTHWESTERN CANADA TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMBINED WITH MOISTURE MOVING IN FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL SET UP CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR A ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE MONDAY NIGHT. COOLER AIR MOVING IN WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS...CHANGING RAIN TO SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE SUMMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW...AND ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS...THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER PUSH OF SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAGGED INTO NEW MEXICO AS THE STORM MOVES EAST...WITH TUESDAY NIGHT SNOW COVERAGE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST. EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS REMAIN UNCERTAIN...AS THE COMPLEX COMBINATION OF PACIFIC MOISTURE AND COLD CANADIAN AIR CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FORECAST THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. HOWEVER...THOSE WITH TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR PLANS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK SHOULD STAY INFORMED WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS PLANS TAKE SHAPE.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:51:19 +0000

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