Expires:201305201900;Remove:201305201900;434658 FPUS75 KABQ 201709 NOWABQ SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1109 AM MDT MON MAY 20 2013 NMZ503-504-510>518-527-201900- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- SANTA FE METRO AREA-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CHAMA... CUBA...DULCE...ESPANOLA...LOS ALAMOS...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA... RED RIVER...SANTA FE...TAOS 1109 AM MDT MON MAY 20 2013 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE SHAPE OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH TOWARD CHAMA...EL VADO..TRES PIEDRAS...EMBUDO...LOS ALAMOS...VERMEJO PARK...EAGLE NEST...AND CIMARRON. THROUGH 1 PM...MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE POORLY ORGANIZED...HOWEVER A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO AN ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKE...ANY PASSING SHOWER WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ERRATIC AND SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND TO 45 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...AND SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY BRIEFLY OBSERVE SOME SMALL HAIL OR GRAUPEL. $$ SHOEMAKE