HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 112 PM CST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 115 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING JUST BEFORE
MIDNIGHT WEST OF THE PECOS...BEFORE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD TO A
CROSSROADS...NEW MEXICO...TO COLORADO CITY...TEXAS LINE BY
SUNRISE. ACCUMULATIONS WEST OF THE PECOS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE
BETWEEN 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WITH
A RAIN AND SNOW MIX ALONG THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE
AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. ACCUMULATIONS EAST OF THE PECOS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE UNDER AN INCH.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...CULBERSON COUNTY...THE MARFA
PLATEAU...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...WESTERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...BREWSTER COUNTY...AND THE
PRESIDIO VALLEY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CARRY OVER INTO TUESDAY EVENING...TAPERING OFF
SOUTH TO NORTH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...WHILE TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA
WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING HILLS...TO 2 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LOCAL INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORM SYSTEM. TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL BE
LIKELY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO.
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