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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
536 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-291200-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...
FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...
MARATHON...SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
536 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009 /436 PM MST SAT NOV 28 2009/
...A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SUNDAY...AND WILL THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
PLUNGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING
THE DAY SUNDAY...AND WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION.
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE
AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SUFFICIENTLY COLD FOR A WINTRY MIX
OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN
BASIN...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE
SUNDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THIS
THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS...
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE
10 CORRIDOR MONDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT
UNFOLDS.
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