2 products issued by NWS for:
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 536 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 NMZ501>540-191200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 536 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING TO THIS EVENING FOR THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOSTLY DRY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE MAY PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 55 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS. $$
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 345 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 NMZ501>504-510-190000- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA...CUBA...DULCE...FARMINGTON 345 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 .NOW... LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST. VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH MAY BE FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF THESE SHOWERS...BUT LITTLE TO NO RAIN. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AND ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER BEFORE 6 PM...WHILE THE MOSTLY DRY SHOWERS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD FROM NEAR LAKE VALLEY TO NAVAJO DAM. $$