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WSWABQ
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1042 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
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NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-JOHNSON AND
BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS-
1042 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND
8 INCHES BETWEEN 7500 AND 9500 FEET AND 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 9500
FEET.
* WHERE...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, AND JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS
INCLUDING RATON PASS.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE CHAINS MAY BE
NECESSARY IF TRAVELING THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 9000 TO 10000 FEET
DURING THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY, DROPPING TO AROUND
7500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE
PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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