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FPUS75 KABQ 182145
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
345 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

NMZ505>508-511>524-527>529-190000-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
SANTA FE METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CLINES CORNERS...EL MORRO...ESPANOLA...
GALLUP...GRAN QUIVIRA...GRANTS...LAS VEGAS...LOS ALAMOS...
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...QUEMADO...RATON...
SPRINGER...RED RIVER...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...TIJERAS...
SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS
345 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL TRACK TO THE EAST OVER NEW MEXICO FROM
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EAST OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VARIABLE GUSTY
WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH THAN ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. A FEW LIGHTNING
STRIKES MAY ALSO OCCUR RANDOMLY OVER THE REGION. BEFORE 6 PM SOME
LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE THE AREA FROM CHACO CANYON
TO CHAMA...AND FROM TRUCHAS TO LAMA. GUSTY WINDS MAY KICK UP
LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE SUDDENLY
REDUCED.

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NMZ501>504-510-190000-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA...CUBA...DULCE...FARMINGTON
345 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND
MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST. VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50
MPH MAY BE FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF THESE SHOWERS...BUT LITTLE TO NO
RAIN. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AND
ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER BEFORE 6 PM...WHILE THE MOSTLY DRY SHOWERS
WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD FROM NEAR LAKE VALLEY TO NAVAJO DAM.

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