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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
524 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
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CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA-
524 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES EXCEPT
UP TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 8500 FEET. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.
* WHERE...TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA AND THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE TRACTION WILL BE
REDUCED. EXTEND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE
IN FRONT OF YOU. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS, AND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE
TUSAS MOUNTAINS, AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
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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