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FPUS74 KMAF 240841
NOWMAF

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
241 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ258-241100-
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CULBERSON COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARLSBAD/ARTESIA...EUNICE/JAL...
HOBBS/LOVINGTON...PINE SPRINGS...QUEEN...TATUM
141 AM MST TUE DEC 24 2002

.NOW...
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AGAIN OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH 400 AM MST...THEN CONTINUE EAST AT 15 MPH INTO THE PLAINS OF
EDDY AND LEA COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE.  ICY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ON ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...THEREFORE MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF
TRAVELING TONIGHT.  VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES AS THE NEXT BAND OF SNOWFALL MOVES INTO THE AREA.
&&
SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT.

$$

TXZ057-241100-
VAN HORN AND HWY 54 CORRIDOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN
241 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

.NOW...
FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST AT 15 MPH INTO
WESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY THROUGH 500 AM CST.  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO AN INCH ILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT MAINLY NORTH OF THE VAN HORN
AREA. TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING OR BELOW WILL RESULT IN ICY
PATCHES FORMING ON MAINLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD
USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE VAN HORN AREA AND POINTS NORTH
AND WEST TONIGHT.

$$

AKL