SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 353 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 400 AM MST SUN DEC 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE BORDERLAND TUESDAY...
A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SHOWERS OF RAIN AND SNOW
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY NIGHT...CHANGING TO SNOW BY
EARLY TUESDAY. COLDER AIR WILL BE ENTRENCHED EAST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THEREFORE AS PRECIPITATION SPREADS EASTWARD TO THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS EARLY TUESDAY...
IT SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH THERE IS
CURRENTLY SOME UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AND AMOUNTS...FROM ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...
ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WHERE UP TO FOUR INCHES MAY FALL
ON EAST FACING SLOPES. THE MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT FROM THREE TO SIX
INCHES OF SNOW. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY
EVENING.
A WEAKER SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW AND COULD BRING ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT
AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND STORM...
EXCEPT THAT SNOW WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...OR VISIT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ELPASO FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SCENARIO.
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FAUSETT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 624 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 630 AM MST SUN DEC 27 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
623 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
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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-
623 AM MST SAT DEC 26 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL SEE QUIET WEATHER. ON MONDAY NIGHT AN
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS
THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AND GIVE MOST MOUNTAIN
AND LOWLAND LOCATION SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWS. THE REST OF THE WEEK
LOOKS DRY...BUT COOL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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