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WSWABQ
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
143 AM MST WED DEC 3 2025
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NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS-
143 AM MST WED DEC 3 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND
12 INCHES, EXCEPT UP TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER, AND 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET.
* WHERE...EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS, AND JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON
PASS.
* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE TRACTION WILL BE
REDUCED. EXTEND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE
IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS INCLUDES I-25 OVER RATON PASS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT COMMUTES THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER LATE THIS MORNING, THEN ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING, WHEN THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
NMZ203-211-031900-
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FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
143 AM MST WED DEC 3 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES, EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS.
* WHERE...FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND JEMEZ MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SNOW PACKED OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT COMMUTES THIS EVENING AND
THURSDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER LATE THIS MORNING, THEN ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
SPREAD TO THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS AS WELL DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY EVENING IN MOST PLACES,
WHEN THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
NMZ221-031900-
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SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING EDGEWOOD-
143 AM MST WED DEC 3 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5
AM MST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5
INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON SANDIA CREST.
* WHERE...SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING EDGEWOOD.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SNOW PACKED OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS FOR COMMUTES
THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES I-40 THROUGH
TIJERAS CANYON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING,
WHEN THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN
BLOWING SNOW. EAST CANYON WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH DURING THE
EVENING AND THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
NMZ210-212-214-216-228-229-031900-
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TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA-GLORIETA MESA INCLUDING GLORIETA
PASS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
143 AM MST WED DEC 3 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM
MST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 4
INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET, AND BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ABOVE 7500
FEET. LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.
* WHERE...GLORIETA MESA INCLUDING GLORIETA PASS, SOUTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS, TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA, UPPER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY, FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS, AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS.
* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE TRACTION WILL BE
REDUCED. EXTEND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE
IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS INCLUDES I-25 OVER GLORIETA PASS. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT COMMUTES THIS EVENING AND
THURSDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER THIS MORNING, THEN SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL OCCUR
THIS EVENING WHEN THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A HALF MILE AT
TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
NMZ223-031900-
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CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
143 AM MST WED DEC 3 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 4
INCHES.
* WHERE...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SNOW PACKED OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS FOR COMMUTES
THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES I-40 BETWEEN
MORIARTY AND SANTA ROSA, INCLUDING CLINES CORNERS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING
WHEN THE VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
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