WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 1204 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 400 PM MST TUE DEC 01 2009

...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT NEW MEXICO THROUGH
TUESDAY...
.AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO FOUR INCHES STILL POSSIBLE IN THE
SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND NORTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE STATE TONIGHT WHERE MORE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.
THE POTENT STORM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD
SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN BAJA OF CALIFORNIA TODAY BEFORE
TURNING EAST OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH MANY AREAS WILL SEE AREAS OF RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE THE
STATE...LEADING TO LOWERING SNOW LEVELS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
IMPACT FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL NOT END UNTIL TUESDAY OR
TUESDAY NIGHT.
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CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSWELL...PICACHO...ELK
1204 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES TODAY WITH
LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
AT TIMES ON MONDAY HOWEVER...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 6500 FEET...AND OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF
EASTERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN CHAVES COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.
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