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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
544 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. STRONG LIFT AHEAD
OF THIS FEATURE WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE GUADALUPE... DELAWARE...AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SNOW ACROSS
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.

NMZ027-TXZ057-074-258-102200-
/O.CON.KMAF.WS.A.0002.100211T0600Z-100211T1800Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...VAN HORN...ALPINE...
PINE SPRINGS
544 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /444 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010/

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...
AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE
5000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...
SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS
WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD YIELD ICY CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$


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.

$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
602 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ021>044-102200-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART...
TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS...
MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY...
MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND...
LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS...
SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA...
O`DONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT
602 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INCREASING
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES
ON THURSDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BE HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING
MARK...CREATING DIFFICULTIES IN DEFINING THE EXACT PRECIPITATION
TYPE THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED. THUS...A COLD RAIN...SNOW...SLEET OR
A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE MOST RECENT FORECAST TRACKS OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAVE CONTINUED
TO TREND SOUTHWARD...WHICH MEANS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH
PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS MAY BE MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE ANY
APPRECIABLE MOISTURE. ALTHOUGH NOT ANTICIPATING A MAJOR WINTER
STORM...THIS SYSTEM COULD INDUCE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW GENERALLY
SOUTH OF A LITTLEFIELD TO FLOYDADA TO PADUCAH LINE IF TEMPERATURES
ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRIMARILY SNOW.

THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND SPEED OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CAN
STILL CHANGE...WHICH WOULD AFFECT WHEN AND WHERE THE BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR AND WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOST
FAVORED. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL
WANT TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE WINTRY WEATHER.

$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
410 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ023-024-030>032-TXZ055-056-102115-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...ALAMOGORDO...
LORDSBURG...DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...
DELL CITY
410 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE WAS TURNING EAST THIS MORNING OVER SAN DIEGO
CALIFORNIA. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL
BORDER...AND IS FORECAST TO BE SOUTH OF EL PASO AROUND MID MORNING
THURSDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOWS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THERE WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY OF RAIN
MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING MAINLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND PASSES.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE
BORDERLAND BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD BY
EVENING. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH ICE PELLETS. A WINTER STORM
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GILA
WILDERNESS AND THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS FOR WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES ON THE IMPENDING STORM.

$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
505 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-102230-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER...
STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS...
MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA...
HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN...
ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN...
BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON
505 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTRY WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TODAY...AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS
MOISTURE IS LIFTED OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF
RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE...BEGINNING AS EARLY AS THIS
AFTERNOON. WHILE LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY. AREAS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN
HEARTLAND ARE THE MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. WHILE
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...THERE
REMAINS SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH...AND THE TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION THAT WILL FALL.

TEMPERATURES REMAIN A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THIS EVENT. READINGS OF
ONLY A FEW DEGREES COLDER WOULD ALLOW THE WINTRY MIX TO CHANGE
OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SLIGHTLY
WARMER TEMPERATURES WOULD RESULT IN A COLD RAIN.

RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECAST AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND THE PO

$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
406 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101800-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
406 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. THIS STORM
SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY DEPICTED BY THE COMPUTER
MODELS WHICH WILL ALLOW A BETTER RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE...MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING AND
TRAVEL IMPACTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING AND SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON AREA
ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH.
HOWEVER...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE IN SOME LOCATIONS
NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO ATHENS LINE...ESPECIALLY ON GRASSY AND
ELEVATED SURFACES.

NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION
ON THURSDAY SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
AND FORECASTS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORTWORTH


$$


Hazardous Weather Outlook


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
638 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

COZ058>089-093>099-111345-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
638 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.  ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUANS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH
SUNDAY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

$$

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
600 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-111300-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
600 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD LOWLAND RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA...STARTING OUT WEST THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREADING EAST THIS EVENING. AREA MOUNTAINS
COULD SEE AROUND FIVE INCHES OF SNOW WHILE LOWLANDS MIGHT SEE A
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH NO
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE LOWLANDS. THERE COULD ALSO BE A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

RAIN AND SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE REST OF
THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL STAY DRY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
555 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ501>540-111300-
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-
555 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO STARTING EARLY
THIS EVENING...PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UNCERTAINTY
STILL EXISTS WITH THE EXACT TRACK AND SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH
MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOWFALL STARTING WEDNESDAY EVENING SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA...
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGH
TERRAIN. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

$$

DPORTER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
456 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-111100-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
456 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN...IS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MERTZON TO BROWNWOOD. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY ACCUMULATION OF SNOWFALL
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAN ANGELO TO
BROWNWOOD. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURE VALUES REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...AND ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL IS NOT A CERTAINTY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
438 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111045-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
438 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /338 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE FROM 3 PM CST TODAY THROUGH 11
PM CST TONIGHT. SPOTS OF ICE MAY FORM ON ROADS, BUT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE TOO THICK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DURING THURSDAY MORNING, THERE AGAIN MAY BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING
FOG OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, THE LIGHT
FREEZING FOG OR DRIZZLE IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO CAUSE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

$$

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
500 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101800-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
500 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
A STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY FEB 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE THURSDAY MORNING IN WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA WHERE THE TEMPERATURE IS FORECAST
TO BE NEAR FREEZING.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.

$$

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
351 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
351 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND
LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. MOST
LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING SO NO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PERIODS OF RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN
1 INCH...BUT SOME AREAS NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO ATHENS LINE MAY SEE
UP 1 INCH OF WET SNOW. SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON NORTH TEXAS
ROADS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
323 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110930-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
323 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY AND SHALLOW FREEZING FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING FOR
MAINLY SNOW COVERED AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS.
DENSE FOG IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS TONIGHT...WITH PATCHY FREEZING FOG CHANCES POSSIBLE
GENERALLY WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. ICE ACCUMULATION OR DENSE FOG
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PATCHY FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANCES COULD LINGER INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

SOME LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
KANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

$$

ADK


Short Term Forecast


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
505 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ501>521-524-525-101500-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
ANGEL FIRE...CARRIZOZO...CHAMA...CUBA...DULCE...EL MORRO...
ESPANOLA...FARMINGTON...GALLUP...GLENWOOD...GRAN QUIVIRA...GRANTS...
LOS ALAMOS...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...QUEMADO...RED RIVER...
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS
505 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

.NOW...
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WESTERN NEW MEXICO. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FAVOR
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...INCLUDING ONE
BAND OF SHOWERS THAT WILL CROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA BETWEEN
515 AM AND 7 AM. HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL DROP VISIBILITY BELOW ONE
MILE AT TIMES. BY 8 AM...A FEW SPOTS IN THE SANDIA AND SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS MAY ACCUMULATE AROUND 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW.

$$

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
505 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ522-523-526>533-539-540-101500-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-UNION COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAPULIN...CLAYTON...CLINES CORNERS...
CONCHAS...ELK...LAS VEGAS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PICACHO...RATON...
ROY...RUIDOSO...SANTA ROSA
505 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

.NOW...
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND DENSE FOG WILL
PERSIST ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. PERIODS OF LIGHT
SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE FOG WILL BE MOST DENSE FROM RUIDOSO
NORTHWARD TO CLINES CORNERS...LAS VEGAS AND RATON...WHERE
VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES
MUCH OF I-25 NORTHEAST OF SANTA FE TO THE COLORADO BORDER...AND
PORTIONS OF I-40 FROM TIJERAS CANYON EASTWARD TO SANTA ROSA.

$$

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
505 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

NMZ534>538-101500-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOVIS...FORT SUMNER...PORTALES...
ROSWELL...TUCUMCARI
505 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

.NOW...
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CROSS
THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THROUGH 8 AM MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY WILL FAVOR DE BACA...NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND CURRY
COUNTIES. THE VISIBILITY MAY DROP AS LOW AS 3 MILES IN THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

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