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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1121 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
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NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS-
1121 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 4
INCHES, EXCEPT UP TO 8 INCHES OVER HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAKS. WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS FROM THE NORTHWEST,
BRING A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE EVENING
AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. 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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CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA-
1121 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 6 INCHES EXCEPT
UP TO 9 INCHES ABOVE 8500 FEET. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.
* WHERE...TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA AND THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE CHAINS MAY BE
NECESSARY IF TRAVELING THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD
CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST FOR LATE
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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