HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 548 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW COULD CAUSE
ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO DEVELOP IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION
AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN MONDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME ALL
SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 413 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 300 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
...A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SUNDAY...AND WILL THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING 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.
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE
AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SUFFICIENTLY COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW
ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A WINTRY
MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.
PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME ALL SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES ACROSS WEST TEXAS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS IS INCREASING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING THE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF UP TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IN
THE TIMING OR LOCATIONS OF THE SNOW IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS
TIME TO WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A WINTER WEATHER WATCH.
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.
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