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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
353 AM MST THU JAN 3 2013

...WIDESPREAD SNOW SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST TO EASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY..

.A MOIST LOW LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH
MERGING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TO
CREATE ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO FROM MID MORNING TODAY THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY.
TRAVEL ALONG U.S. 70...U.S. 82 AND STATE HIGHWAY 24 MAY BECOME
DIFFICULT TODAY THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5000 FEET.
CHECK THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS AT NMROADS.COM OR DIAL
5 1 1.

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SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
353 AM MST THU JAN 3 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED WITH
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES ABOVE 8000 FEET.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AROUND MID
  MORNING TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT EASTERLY TODAY BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHERLY TONIGHT.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AS WELL AS
  SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING U.S 70/380 BETWEEN
  HONDO AND RUIDOSO...AND HONDO AND CAPITAN WILL BE IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.

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EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
353 AM MST THU JAN 3 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 AM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH
  ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AROUND MID
  MORNING TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT EASTERLY TODAY BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHERLY TONIGHT.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL 
  LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AS WELL AS
  SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING U.S 70/380 BETWEEN
  ROSWELL AND HONDO...U.S. 82 BETWEEN ARTESIA AND CLOUDCROFT...AND
  STATE HWY 24 BETWEEN DUNKEN AND PINON WILL BE IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.

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