SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 351 PM MST WED NOV 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST THU NOV 26 2009

...STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT MUCH OF NEW MEXICO
IN THE LATTER PART OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL TO MANY AREAS OF NEW MEXICO BY LATE SATURDAY AND CONTINUING
INTO EARLY MONDAY.
THIS POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM...CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
PACIFIC WATERS...WILL DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
IS EXPECTED TO SWING NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER BY
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE STORM WILL HOST A VERY COLD AIRMASS...AND
WILL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE AMPLE MOISTURE AS IT TRACKS FARTHER SOUTH.
THIS SCENARIO WILL ALLOW THE STORM TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO
POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE STATE.
SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY INITIATE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN NEW
MEXICO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS IT SPREADS FARTHER EAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COOL THROUGH SUNDAY WITH MANY LOWER
ELEVATION AREAS REMAINING COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOWFALL. PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRANSITIONS EASTWARD.
THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THE WEEKEND WEATHER SYSTEM REMAINS
UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER HOLIDAY TRAVELERS WILL WANT TO STAY ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS WEATHER EVENT
UNFOLDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST THU NOV 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009
NMZ501>540-261300-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-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-
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-
600 AM MST WED NOV 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WINTER STORM TO DEVELOP ACROSS NEW
MEXICO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. HOWEVER...COMPUTER
MODELS CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON WHERE THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE
FELT. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.
WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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