Expires:201306180500;Remove:201306180500;758171
FPUS75 KABQ 180339
NOWABQ
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
937 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

NMZ506>508-519>526-539-540-180500-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
CARRIZOZO...CLINES CORNERS...EL MORRO...ELK...GRAN QUIVIRA...
GRANTS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PICACHO...QUEMADO...RUIDOSO...
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...SOCORRO
937 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013
.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A SHORT LIVED THUNDERSTORM WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO FOR
THE REST OF THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND ANY STORMS WILL GENERALLY PUSH
EASTWARD AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM A FEW SPRINKLES TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. ABRUPT AND ERRATIC WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS...LEADING TO
LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY BELOW 3 MILES.
A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A GUSTY
EAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH CANYONS IN THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. GUSTS
TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR
AND EAST TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS.
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