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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
401 PM MDT MON OCT 26 2009

NMZ501>504-506-510>518-521>523-527>531-271100-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-UNION COUNTY-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
401 PM MDT MON OCT 26 2009

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY NIGHT
   THROUGH THURSDAY...

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY IN
THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MIGRATES THROUGH THE STATE. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN
NEW MEXICO TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN EXPAND
EASTWARD BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MUCH COLDER AIR SHOULD
INVADE THE STATE...ALLOWING SNOW LEVELS TO FALL DURING THE DAY. AT
THIS TIME...MODELS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT SNOWS MAY OCCUR WITHIN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...
THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. ADDITIONAL SNOWS
ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM
DEPARTS THE STATE.

THOSE LIVING IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN CLOSELY TO
THEIR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS.

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