FGUS74 KEPZ 081442 ESFEPZ NMZ022>024-030>032-TXZ055-056-142300- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 0700 AM MST FRI MAR 08 2012 SPRING FLOOD OUTLOOK THE WATER SUPPLY FORECAST FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF NEW MEXICO IS FOR A SLIGHTLY BELOW SNOW MELT RUNOFF FOR THE REST OF MARCH THROUGH MAY 2013. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE GILA WILDERNESS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO IS LOW. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS IS ALSO LOW AT THIS TIME. THE SNOW PACK ACROSS THE GILA WILDERNESS AND THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS IS BELOW NORMAL. IN THE SHORT TERM THE STORM TRACK CONTINUES TO BE SOME WHAT ACTIVE WITH OCCASIONAL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...BUT THE STORM TRACK DOES APPEAR TO BE MOVING NORTH AS WE MOVE INTO THE DRIER MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY. THE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE SPRING IS FOR DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WITH WARMER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE SPRING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. $$ TSB