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NPWABQ
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
616 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013
...STRONG TO HIGH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A POWERFUL COLD FRONT ON
THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...
...STRONG TO HIGH EAST CANYON WINDS DEVELOPING MIDDLE AND LOWER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND UPPER TULAROSA TONIGHT...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING...
.A VIGOROUS BACK DOOR COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO BLAST THROUGH THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN THIS
EVENING AS COLDER AIR IS REINFORCED BEHIND THIS STOUT COLD FRONT.
AS THIS SEGMENT OF THE FRONT PROGRESSES FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST IT
WILL ACCELERATE THROUGH GAPS AND CANYONS WITHIN THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN...LEADING TO A SECONDARY AREA OF HIGH TO SEVERE
WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND UPPER
TULAROSA BASIN. 
ALSO...NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS IN MANY CENTRAL TO
EASTERN AREAS OF NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

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CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
616 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WINDS WILL DECREASE IN SPEED FOR AREAS
WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WILL CONTINUE
TO SEE SHIFTING WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST. WHILE GUSTY CONDITIONS
WILL PERSIST EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...MOST LOCALES ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW HAZARDOUS WIND THRESHOLDS.
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