Expires:200911152115;Remove:200911152115;934313
FPUS75 KABQ 151920
NOWABQ
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1220 PM MST SUN NOV 15 2009

NMZ521>523-529-532>534-537-152115-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINES CORNERS...CONCHAS...FORT SUMNER...
LAS VEGAS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI
1220 PM MST SUN NOV 15 2009
.NOW...
A NARROW BUT INTENSE BAND OF PRECIPITATION...FOUND ALONG A COLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE BAND...AS OF 1215
PM...WAS FOUND ALONG A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF LAS VEGAS TO JUST SOUTH
OF CONCHAS AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS BAND WILL
AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN CLINES CORNERS TO
TUCUMCARI BETWEEN 1 TO 2 PM. EXPECT HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS INITIALLY
BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN OVER TO SNOW GRAINS AND
EVENTUALLY SNOW AS THE LINE PROGRESSES PAST THE AREA. GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS LINE AND
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW 1 MILE ONCE THE FROZEN
PRECIPITATION SETS IN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE
RELEGATED TO ELEVATED SURFACES...WHERE UP TO 1 INCH COULD FALL.
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