Expires:201305200000;Remove:201305200000;396107 FPUS75 KABQ 192136 NOWABQ SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 336 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013 NMZ501>508-519>524-200000- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS- ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO... CLINES CORNERS...CUBA...DULCE...EL MORRO...FARMINGTON...GALLUP... GRAN QUIVIRA...GRANTS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...QUEMADO... SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...SOCORRO 336 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE EAST OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR RANDOMLY OVER THE REGION. VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE MOST LIKELY FROM THIS ACTIVITY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...THUS TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 SHOULD USE CAUTION. AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED THROUGH 6 PM INCLUDE GALLUP... STANDING ROCK...CROWNPOINT...MARRQUEZ...COUNSELOR...CHAMA AND THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. $$