SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 451 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY...
A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIRMASS CONTINUED TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE REGION
TODAY. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION WERE ALREADY IN THE 20S TO
MID 30S...BUT WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE DAY...HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SINCE NORTH
TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA...
WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH
THE DAY...ESPECIALLY FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS
AND EASTWARD. FREEZING FOG WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE GUADALUPE
AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...IN ADDITION TO THE VAN HORN AREA AND MARFA
PLATEAU THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE MILE AT
TIMES...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GUADALUPE AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW AN
INCH. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE
AREA TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS AND 20S. 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ALONG AND WEST OF A
SEMINOLE TO ANDREWS TO MONAHANS TO ALPINE LINE OVERNIGHT...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES. THEREFORE...A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN THESE AREAS FROM 600 PM CST THIS EVENING
UNTIL 600 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME ICY DUE TO
LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20S.
A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF
THE AREA TONIGHT. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...IN ADDITION TO SOME
ROADWAYS...WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW
FREEZING AREAWIDE. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW
FRIDAY MORNING...AND DESPITE ONLY AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION...ICY ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY PLAGUE MOST LOCATIONS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 444 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE TODAY AS A MODIFIED ARCTIC
AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AND
30S TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S THROUGH THE DAY.
ALSO LOCALIZED FREEZING FOG WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE
GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AREA AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS
MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS
AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY...FOLLOWED BY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
A CHANCE OF SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
WEST TEXAS TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW AN INCH THROUGH
THE DAY...BUT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...IN ADDITION TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A
SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...MONAHANS AND ALPINE LINE. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S...ROADS
WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY.
FURTHER EAST...A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION SINCE
TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL ALLOW BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES...AND SOME ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL FUNNEL THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS
TODAY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 35 TO 45 MPH TONIGHT.
THEREFORE...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUADALUPE PASS
FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. WIND
CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL RESULT IN AND
NEAR GUADALUPE PASS AS HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL STAY BELOW
FREEZING AND THE LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE TEENS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION MOVES
EAST OF THE REGION. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN AN INCH AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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