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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
148 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2012

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT
AND EARLY MONDAY...

.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD
CONDITIONS VISIT NMROADS.COM OR CALL 1.800.432.4269.

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148 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM MST MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO 3 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS NEAR AND
  BELOW 7000 FEET WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING...LIGHT AND SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING WILL
  BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES AND
  ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
  MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF.

* WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL
  LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN TRAVEL
  DIFFICULTIES OVER THE REGION...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 550 FROM
  BLOOMFIELD TO THE COLORADO BORDER...STATE ROAD 17 FROM CHAMA TO
  THE COLORADO BORDER...AND HIGHWAYS 64 AND 84 THROUGH
  FARMINGTON...DULCE...CHAMA AND TIERRA AMARILLA. HEAVY SNOW MAY
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 2 MILES OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.

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