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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
830 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009
NMZ024-032-TXZ055-056-290900-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...
SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
830 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009
...A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...
A STRONG EARLY-SEASON STORM SYSTEM IS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT. EARLIER TODAY A STRONG COLD FRONT FORCEFULLY
PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN DROPPING
SINCE MID-MORNING ACROSS THE BORDERLAND. A DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW
MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT HAS PULLED MOISTURE OVER THE REGION
AND IS RESPONSIBLE A WIDE SWATH OF GENERALLY LIGHT MOUNTAIN SNOW
SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW OVER THE LOWLANDS THIS
EVENING.
SEVERAL REPORTS FROM EL PASO AND LAS CRUCES INDICATE PERIODS OF
LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOWFALL OCCURRING. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE DESERT ELEVATIONS BUT SLICK ROADWAYS ARE
STILL A CONCERN WORTH TAKING CAUTION FOR. ROADWAYS THAT RISE OVER
PASSES SUCH AS TRANSMOUNTAIN ROAD THROUGH THE PASS...HIGHWAY 404
OVER ANTHONY GAP..AND HIGHWAY 70 THROUGH SAN AUGUSTINE PASS WILL
LIKELY SEE SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO EXTRA CAUTION WILL BE
REQUIRED. IF YOU ARE HEADING TO THE AREA MOUNTAINS EXPECT LOW
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ON THE ROADWAYS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
MOST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS
THE REGION.
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