SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 554 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
...COLD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT SNOW TO AFFECT ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PULL AWAY FROM WEST TEXAS
THIS MORNING AND TAKE ANY REMAINING PRECIPITATION WITH IT. AT THE
SAME TIME...A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH NEW
MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WILL PUSH THROUGH ALL OF
WEST TEXAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY BRIEFLY
INCREASE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT...A FEW LOCATIONS IN
THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...
AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS COULD HAVE BLACK ICE FORM ON
ROADWAYS THROUGH 9 AM CST...BUT MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT FEEL QUITE COLD AS NORTH
WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DROP WIND CHILLS INTO
THE TEENS AND 20S. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY LATE THIS
MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND WIND SPEEDS DECREASE.
COLD...ARCTIC AIR WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY...AND
LIKELY WILL NOT ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO EXCEED THE MID 30S
ALONG AND EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER. AS THE COLD AIRMASS SETTLES
THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...LOW
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS NORTH AND 20S
SOUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY COULD VERY WELL STAY BELOW
FREEZING OVER ALL BUT THE RIO GRANDE RIVER VALLEY...BIG BEND
REGION AND LOWER TRANS PECOS.
THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY SOUTH
INTO NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN REMAIN OVER THE REGION
THROUGH FRIDAY. SINCE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF COLD AIR ALREADY IN
PLACE...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT...WHICH WILL
INCREASE TO A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE
DECREASING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
COULD ACCUMULATE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING...IN WHICH CASE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
WOULD BE ISSUED.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MAF FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 452 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLACK ICE WILL LIKELY AFFECT AREAS THAT HAVE SNOWFALL ON THE GROUND
OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS. MORE ISOLATED PATCHES OF BLACK ICE COULD AFFECT PORTIONS
OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THE
FIRST FEW HOURS OF DAYLIGHT.
NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES
IN THE UPPER 20S AND MID 30S TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE
TEENS AND 20S THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MUCH COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE REGION
THURSDAY...AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW TO
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW AREAWIDE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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