FYI: Information on weather later this week, National Weather Service, Albuquerque, N.M.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
WED MAR 17 2010
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-
WED MAR 17 2010
…ACCUMULATING SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT STORM
SYSTEM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY…
WARM AND SPRING-LIKE CONDITIONS OVER NEW MEXICO WILL COME TO AN
ABRUPT END BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
BRINGS RAIN…SNOW…WIND AND MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE AREA. THIS UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD OUT OF CANADA…AND WILL
IMPACT NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE AREAS
OF SHOWERS WILL TURN INTO MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW OVER
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS A
POWERFUL COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO THE STATE. THE COLD AIR MAY
ARRIVE IN THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS EARLY AS FRIDAY MORNING…WHERE
TEMPERATURES MAY DROP THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND RAIN COULD CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THE COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO
PLUNGE INTO THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT…SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO
DROP AND MANY LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS WILL OBSERVE RAIN CHANGING
TO SNOW. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
IS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
AND TO A LESSER EXTENT ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SANGRES…THE
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS…NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS…UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY…CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
HIGHLANDS…AS WELL AS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS MAY ALSO RECEIVE A
FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
IN ADDITION…STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM
SYSTEM. WEST WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH WILL FAVOR THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS…SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT EAST SLOPES OF SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ON
THE EASTERN PLAINS…THE COLD FRONT WILL DELIVER STRONG NORTH WINDS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT…WITH SPEEDS REACHING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW CAUSING IT TO DRIFT.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO DROP TO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS IN THE EXACT PLACEMENT AND AMOUNTS OF
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES LATE THIS WEEK ACROSS THE STATE…STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS UNSETTLED WEATHER SCENARIO.
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