SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 552 AM CST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST MON DEC 28 2009
...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
COLD AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND APPROACH WEST TEXAS TONIGHT. AS THIS
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION.
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH REGARD TO THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...BUT INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAVIER TOTALS
WILL FALL FROM THE VAN HORN REGION INTO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A
WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE ABOVE
MENTIONED AREAS. ELSEWHERE...A BROAD AREA OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL REMAINS POSSIBLE...EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AND
STOCKTON PLATEAU. LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE EAST OF PRESIDIO
MAY ONLY SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MAF FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECASTS AND INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 406 AM CST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST TUE DEC 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 TODAY. LATE TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER
WILL RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING
AROUND OR JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRANS PECOS.
MOST AREAS OF THE TRANS PECOS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE BETWEEN 1 TO 2
INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX
ALONG THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACROSS CULBERSON COUNTY INCLUDING THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY
MORNING AND 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL POSSIBLE THERE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO PLAINS AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND NOON. IT WILL LIKELY SNOW THE REMAINDER
OF THE DAY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LOCAL INTEREST SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORM SYSTEM. TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
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