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AWUS85 KABQ 100319
RWSNM
NMZ501>540-101530-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
819 PM MST TUE JAN 9 2018
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW, AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM
OVER ARIZONA, BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND WARMER AIR OVER
NEW MEXICO TODAY. WITH THIS INCREASING INSTABILITY, A FEW SPRINKLES
ALSO DEVELOPED OVER THE STATE TODAY. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE
10 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY, GENERALLY RANGING FROM THE 40S
TO 50S OVER HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE 60S TO MID 70S OVER LOWER TERRAIN.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM ENTERS NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND TRACKS ACROSS THE
STATE, SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS
WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT
THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY. THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE WEST,
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE, WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS IN THE NORTH. LOW
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE 20S TO MID 30S
OVER NORTH CENTRAL AREAS AND OVER THE WEST TO THE MID 30S TO MID
40S ALONG THE MIDDLE TO LOWER RIO GRANDE RIVER VALLEY AND OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS.
TRM
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2018, THE ALBUQUERQUE, NM,
WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (WFO ABQ) WILL DISCONTINUE ISSUANCE
OF THIS PRODUCT, THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY (RWS). THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE RWS IS EASILY OBTAINED THROUGH
OTHER NWS PRODUCTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, NWS WEBSITES
(HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/), AND GRAPHICASTS. IF YOU WOULD
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