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AWUS85 KABQ 110150
RWSNM
NMZ501>540-111400-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
650 PM MST WED JAN 10 2018
A WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM CROSSED THE STATE TODAY, BRINGING MOSTLY
LIGHT AND PATCHY PRECIPITATION. ALBUQUERQUE'S 96 DAY DRY STRETCH
ENDED TODAY, WITH 3 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF MEASURED RAIN AT THE
SUNPORT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WERE REPORTED
ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, WITH A FEW MORE INCHES
POSSIBLE FALLING THROUGH TONIGHT. SIERRA BLANCA, IN LINCOLN
COUNTY REPORTED 4 INCHES SO FAR TODAY. SCATTERED LIGHT VALLEY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AS THIS SYSTEM
PROGRESSES EASTWARD, WITH THE EASTERN PLAINS POTENTIALLY RECEIVING
SOME LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT, AS WELL.
WINDS CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN TONIGHT. CLINES CORNERS REPORTED A
GUST OF 59 MPH AT 4:25 PM. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE SOME
WARMER WITH THE EXTRA CLOUD COVER AND INCREASED WINDS. EXPECT
TEENS AND 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE, WITH LOW TO MID 30S IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS. COLDER TEMPERATURES ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT SINGLE DIGITS IN VALLEYS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE
40S FOR MOST OF THE STATE, WARMING SLIGHTLY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES
PLUMMET AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE EAST BEHIND ANOTHER
BACKDOOR FRONT.
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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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