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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1044 AM CST MON MAR 11 2002

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-111830-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CULBERSON COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE/FT. DAVIS...PINE SPRINGS...QUEEN
1044 AM CST (944 AM MST) MON MAR 11 2002

.NOW...
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL
PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH 1230
PM CST.  THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...
AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES.  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STRONGER WINDS WHICH WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.
&&
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST (100 PM MST).

$$

NMZ028-029-033-034-111830-
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARLSBAD/ARTESIA...EUNICE/JAL...
HOBBS/LOVINGTON...TATUM
944 AM MST MON MAR 11 2002

.NOW...
LOOK FOR STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO
PERSIST OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY THROUGH 1130 AM MST.
THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD AND EFFECT THE
REST OF EDDY COUNTY AND LEA COUNTY INTO THE AFTERNOON.  AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STRONGER WINDS WHICH WILL DROP
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 3 MILES AT TIMES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH
AND EAST OF PLOWED FIELDS.
&&
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MST.

$$

TXZ057-058-075-079>081-111830-
BIG BEND AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-
REEVES COUNTY/UPPER TRANS PECOS-VAN HORN AND HWY 54 CORRIDOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FT. STOCKTON...MARFA...PANTHER JUNCTION...
PECOS/BALMORHEA...PRESIDIO...VAN HORN
1044 AM CST MON MAR 11 2002

.NOW...
LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE WEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH 1230 PM CST.  BLOWING
DUST WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STRONGER WINDS WHICH WILL DROP VISIBILITIES
BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES.  THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITIES
...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF PLOWED FIELDS.

$$

AKL