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WWUS45 KABQ 100500
WSWABQ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1000 PM MST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM TO BRING POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO
THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...

.A VIGOUROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL TRACK SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW MAY INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE SOUTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS...THOUGH THERE IS NOW ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR THE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL TO TRACK SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY.

NMZ508-526-101300-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0008.100211T0100Z-100211T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
1000 PM MST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
  ANY SLIGHT SOUTHWARD DEVIATION OF THE STORM TRACK WILL KEEP THE
  MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FIRST OVER THE
  SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE
  HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL DEVELOPING DURING
  WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE SOUTH
  CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDDAY THURSDAY.

* WINDS...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL
  LOCATIONS LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE LOWER VALLEYS MAY SEE
  SOME RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS
  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT
  IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
  AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ LISTEN ...TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
  FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.

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