SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 252 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
...A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO LATE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST SUNDAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...AND
BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE
REGION DURING THIS TIME FRAME. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE
SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY...AND WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION.
AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM DRAWS CLOSER...PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THE
AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SUFFICIENTLY COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW
ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS
REGION AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY
ACROSS THE GUADALUPE...DAVIS AND CHISOS MOUNTAIN RANGES
MONDAY...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS REGION AND MUCH OF THE BIG
BEND. PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME ALL SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES ACROSS WEST TEXAS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS APPEARS TO BE INCREASING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING THE
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. THERE STILL REMAINS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE PATH OF
THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND AVAILABILITY OF COLD AIR.
HOWEVER...IF FORECAST TRENDS CONTINUE...A WINTER STORM WATCH MAY
BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO WITHIN THE NEXT DAY.
RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER
EVENT UNFOLDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE...OR YOUR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 233 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 245 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING POTENTIAL WINTER
WEATHER IMPACTS TO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO BEGINNING
SUNDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUING MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
THE CHANCE OF SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW SPREADING AS FAR EAST AS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE
WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE
GUADALUPE...DAVIS...AND CHISOS MOUNTAINS MONDAY...WITH A WINTRY
MIX OF RAIN SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE
TRANS PECOS REGION AND MUCH OF THE BIG BEND. A CHANCE OF SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS WEST TEXAS.
SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. IF PRESENT TRENDS WITH
THE AVAILABILITY OF COLD AIR AND THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUE...A WINTER STORM WATCH COULD BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS SOME
LOCATIONS WITHIN THE NEXT DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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