Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
610 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-102200-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...
FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...
MARATHON...SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
610 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /510 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010/

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT...AND WILL BRING AN INCREASING
CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY.

SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS
REGION...THE MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN
PERMIAN BASIN.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM AND THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.
CHANGES IN THESE TWO FACTORS WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE TYPE
AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
COULD BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF
WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND WEST TEXAS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR A POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

$$

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
359 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-111000-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
359 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /259 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
SNYDER...MIDLAND/ODESSA...KERMIT...MARFA AND PRESIDIO LINE
THIS MORNING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE BIG
BEND REGION TO LOWER TRANS PECOS.  PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN MOST OF
THESE LOCATIONS WILL STAY AT OR ABOVE FREEZING...SO TRAVEL
COMPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MINIMAL.  PRECIPITATION WILL
TURN TO ALL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET.  SINCE 3 TO 5 INCHES
OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT OVER ALL OF
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...EXCEPT OVER THE PRESIDIO
VALLEY AND BIG BEND REGION WHERE RAIN IS EXPECTED.  SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS IN AREAS WHERE MORE SLEET FALLS...BUT
SOME ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.  ALTHOUGH
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST
LOCATIONS...SOME ICY CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS THURSDAY
MORNING AS SOME AREAS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. MOTORISTS
ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING...WITH PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS POSSIBLY SEEING PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO SNOW.  SOME ROADWAYS
MAY BECOME SLICK AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION COULD
OCCUR.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION.

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW MAY PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN
BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  SINCE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY RISE TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S...ONLY LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND