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FPUS74 KEPZ 202219
NOWEPZ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
319 PM MST FRI DEC 20 2013

NMZ401>413-TXZ418-419-210045-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN...
MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON...
FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT...
LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS...HACHITA...
ANTELOPE WELLS...CLOVERDALE...DEMING...COLUMBUS...HILLSBORO...
WINSTON...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DERRY...SPACEPORT...GARFIELD...
HATCH...RADIUM SPRINGS...LAS CRUCES...VADO...SUNLAND PARK...
ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA...WHITE SANDS MONUMENT...OROGRANDE...
WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...CHAPARRAL...DOWNTOWN...
WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...FORT BLISS...SOCORRO...
EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO
319 PM MST FRI DEC 20 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE GILA
WILDERNESS REGION...SOUTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO
DESERTS. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 8000 FT FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH UP TO ONE INCH ACCUMULATION ABOVE...AND UP
TO 0.30 INCHES OF RAIN BELOW ELSEWHERE. HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE
ALIGNED IN BANDS ORIENTED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER DONA
ANA...AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTY. RAIN MIXED WITH SMALL HAIL AND
ICE PELLETS WILL OCCUR IN SHORT BURSTS FROM THIS ACTIVITY AND
THUNDER MAY ALSO BE HEARD FROM A FEW EMBEDDED CELLS.

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