SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 226 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST
TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
AN UPPER LOW WILL DROP DOWN TO ARIZONA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
DEVELOP RAIN SHOWERS NORTH AND WEST OF DEMING TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH THE SHOWERS SPREADING EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW ACROSS THE GILA REGION LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW LEVEL FALLS TO
AROUND 5000 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
OVER THE GILA MOUNTAINS WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS COULD ALSO SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON THE RAIN COULD BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW ACROSS THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS THOUGH LITTLER OR NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS TRANS MOUNTAIN AND
SAN AUGUSTINE COULD STILL SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW. IN
ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...WEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS
THE REGION TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THESE STRONG
WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD CAUSE SOME
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD END ALL AREAS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...EXCEPT OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND HUDSPETH
COUNTY...WHERE A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES.
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GRZYWACZ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 638 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 615 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
635 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-221315-
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-
635 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS AND SHOWERS TO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE GILA
REGION AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. GUSTY WINDS
COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES. RAIN COULD BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW OVER THE LOWLANDS ON
WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THIS OFFICE.
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